The Sun Fire V440 Administration and Troubleshooting course provides
students with the information necessary to perform installation, configuration,
and the troubleshooting of issues on the Sun Fire V440. This includes
performing FRU replacements, configuring RAID and using ALOM to troubleshoot
issues.
Course Length
1 day
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Technical Requirements
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Languages
English
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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are personnel who install software to properly configure servers, configure the servers using software procedures, perform FRU installation and replacement procedures of servers, and troubleshoot issues on the servers. These job roles include: - Field Engineers
- Partner Field Engineers
- Systems Support Engineers
- Solution Center Technical Support Engineers
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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to: - Identify major features of the Sun Fire architecture
- Perform basic installation and configuration on Sun Systems hardware
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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: - Describe the key features and technologies of the Sun Fire V440 server and relate it to other Sun Servers
- Identify the physical and architectural features of the Sun Fire V440
- Perform FRU installation and replacement procedures for Sun Fire V440
- Install and configure the platform-specific software
- Install and configure applications for monitoring and diagnostics.
- Identify and configure the default RAID configurations.
- Troubleshoot configuration and hardware issues, including RAID and ALOM issues
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Related Courses
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Course Content
Module 1 - Viewing the Sun Fire V440 Server Features
- List the features specific to the Sun Fire V440 server
- Compare and contrast the Sun Fire V440 server with other Sun servers
Module 2 - Looking at the Sun Fire V440 Server Physical Characteristics
- List and describe the system chassis components and features
- List and describe the internal components of the Sun Fire V440 server
- Identify field and customer replaceable units
Module 3 - Examining the Sun Fire V440 Server System Architecture
- List and describe the architectural components within the Sun Fire V440 server
- Describe the system JBUS
- Describe the architecture of the CPU/Memory board
- Describe the I/O subsystem
- Describe the I2C bus
- Analyze device nodes
Module 4 - Removing and Replacing Components on the Sun Fire V440 Server
- Describe pre-installation tasks
- Describe considerations and requirements for installing the system into a rack
- Service the front panel removable devices
- Service the system bus
- Service the system motherboard components
Module 5 - Identifying the Firmware and Software Environments for the Sun Fire V440 Server
- Describe the roles and tasks and identify new features available for the OBP
in the Sun Fire V440 server
- Perform tests at the OBP level
- Describe the POST firmware for the Sun Fire V440 server
- Configure the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)for the Sun Fire V440
server
Module 6 - Installing and Configuring Applications for Monitoring and
- Describe the ALOM environment
- Perform configuration tasks using ALOM
- Use Sun VTS to perform diagnostics
- Install and configure Sun Management Center
Module 7 - Configuring RAID
- Describe the RAID functionality
- Use the RAID configuration utility to configure RAID on the Sun Fire V440
server
Module 8 - Performing Troubleshooting
- Examine troubleshooting guidelines
- Troubleshoot issues using system LEDs
- Troubleshoot issues using OBP and POST
- Troubleshoot issues using Solaris OS utilities and log files
- Troubleshoot CPU and memory issues
- Troubleshoot RAID configuration issues
- Troubleshoot system resets and watchdogs
- Troubleshoot ALOM issues
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