The Sun Desktop Systems Maintenance course provides students with information about how to install, configure, diagnose, and verify proper operation of desktop workstations based on SPARC technology. Sun desktop systems covered in this course include Sun Blade 1000, Sun Blade 100, Ultra 80, Ultra 60, Ultra 30, Ultra 10, Ultra 5, and Ultra 2 workstations. Students can also learn how to install and configure associated desktop peripherals, including external disk and tape devices. Real problems are introduced into the desktop systems for you to troubleshoot using all available diagnostic tools.
Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Identify the features of each desktop system
Perform FRU replacement procedures for each desktop system
Describe the functional characteristics of OpenBoot(TM) programmable read-only memory (PROM) architecture
Describe each desktop systems' power-on and boot sequence with a block diagram
Identify and cable peripheral devices
Analyze and repair disk failures
Troubleshoot basic boot failures
Activate and configure all available diagnostic tools
Interpret the results of listed diagnostic tool output
Identify, isolate, and describe correct repair for a given system failure to the FRU level
Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are field engineers, system support engineers, and system administrators who support Sun SPARC technology-based desktop systems and the associated peripherals.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
Use common hand tools
Use diagnostic procedures and programs to troubleshoot personal computers to the field-replaceable unit (FRU)
Demonstrate successful completion of SM-101: Solaris Essentials for System Maintainers
Code:
SM-210B
Length:
5 days
Type:
Instructor-Led
Certified By:
Sun Microsystems
Tuition:
$3,495 / $2,971 GSA GOV.
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Describe the process of booting with device aliases
Use specified boot flags
Define the boot process
Use special keyboard commands
Configure Input and Output Control
Use test and troubleshooting procedures
Test the system using OBP commands
Test the system with OBDiag
Understand the Forth-based PROM
Module 5: Peripheral Devices
Describe Desktop Peripheral enclosures
Describe the Small Computer System Interface
Cable, Terminate, and Address SCSI Devices
Discuss the purpose of SCSI Host Adapters
Identify different hardware devices
Verify the presence of peripherals with the Forth toolkit
Add a new device to a desktop
Describe different bus types found in Sun systems
Module 6: Disk Analysis and Repair
Describe disk error categories
Use the Solaris OS format utility
Manage disk defect lists
Module 7: Boot Sequence Troubleshooting
Identify run levels
Identify the different boot phases
Boot the workstation using different boot flags
Repair a corrupted boot block
Run the Solaris OS installboot utility
Repair a virtual file system table (vfstab) problem that prevents multiuser booting
Module 8: Online Diagnostic Tools
Describe the Sun Validation Test Suite Product
Start the SunVTS software product
Use SunVTS software in tty mode
Run SunVTS software remotely
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