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N1 Provisioning Server 3.0 Blades Edition Deployment and Troubleshooting

 Course Description
    Course Outline/Details

The N1 Provisioning Server 3.1 Blades Edition Deployment and Troubleshooting course provides students with a web-based introduction to the graphical user interface (GUI) for the N1 Provisioning Server software (Provisioning Server), called the Control Center. This training includes simulations of common operational tasks, including server farm design and activation.


Course ID:
WSO-NPS-360-180
Subscription Duration:
180 days
Price:
$US  275.00
How to Enroll
   
 Languages Offered Back To Top

This course is currently available in English only.

 
 Who Can Benefit Back To Top

Support personnel, field technicians, sales representative responsible for the delivery of the Provisioning Server software solution, and sales support engineers. Job responsibilities should include one or all of the following: architecture and design of the Provisioning Server software installation, customer support, installation and configuration of hardware and software, troubleshooting using diagnostic tools, and escalation and resolution of issues.

 
 Prerequisites Back To Top

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

  • Install, configure, and troubleshoot the Sun Fire B1600 server chassis
  • Install and configure Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) with the JumpStart software
  • Perform Solaris OS administrative tasks
  • Describe N1 software features, benefits, and architecture
  • Design and deploy server farms
  • Perform administration tasks and troubleshoot common operational problems
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     Skills Gained Back To Top

    Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
  • Describe the Provisioning Server features and functions
  • Describe simple Provisioning Server resource provisioning models
  • Identify the Provisioning Server hardware and software resource requirements
  • Describe operational modeling for specific Provisioning Server resource provisioning tasks
  • Design a Provisioning Server farm
  • Deploy a Provisioning Server farm
  • Configure Provisioning Server devices for monitoring
  • Monitor Provisioning Server provisioning operations
  • Identify the Provisioning Server devices in a device type list
  • List specific Provisioning Server device management commands
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     Related Courses Back To Top

  • Before: IES-286: Solaris 2.x System Administration II
  • Before: IES-485: Sun Fire B1600 Blade Chassis Integrated Switch Configuration
  • Before: IES-487: Sun Fire B1600 Blade Chassis Administration
  • Before: SA-299: Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System
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         Course Content Back To Top



    Module 1 - Architecture Overview

  • Describe Provisioning Server features and functions
  • Describe simple Provisioning Server resource provisioning modeling
  • Identify the Provisioning Server hardware and software resource requirements


  • Module 2 - Resource Provisioning
  • Describe the operational model for resource provisioning tasks performed by using the specific Provisioning Server software
  • Design a Provisioning Server farm
  • Deploy a Provisioning Server farm


  • Module 3 - Monitors
  • Describe the features of the Provisioning Server
  • Configure user-defined server farm monitors
  • List the command-line interface (CLI) commands
  • Configure devices for monitoring
  • Monitor farm resources


  • Module 4 - Wiring Map
  • Identify the Provisioning Server devices in a device type list
  • Interpret the Provisioning Server device entries in a wiring map
  • List the Provisioning Server-specific device management commands
  • Add Provisioning Server devices to and remove devices from the wiring map


  • Module 5 - Provisioning Server Detailed Architecture
  • Describe the purpose of each virtual local area network (VLAN) in the fabric
  • Describe the top-level switch configuration
  • Describe the Sun Fire B1600 switch chassis configuration
  • Perform a detailed analysis of the farm activation process
  • Describe the Control Plane Server (CPS) Internet Protocol (IP) filtering scheme
  • Perform tuning on the N1 architecture
  • Describe the supported hardware configurations


  • Module 6 - Site Planning, Installation, and Configuration
  • Define a strategy for site planning, installation, and configuration
  • Perform software installation
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