Oracle Solaris 11 Installation and Configuration

Essentials
Exam Study Guide

Dan Kingsley
Alliances Manager
WWA&C Partner Enablement
Objective & Audience

Objective
Help you prepare to take the Oracle Solaris 11 Implementation
Specialist (1Z1-580) exam by providing pointers to resources that
you can use in your preparation.

Targeted Audience

Technical Consultants
Strong foundation and expertise in implementing Oracle
Solaris and Oracle servers
Participated in Oracle Solaris implementations
Up-to-date training and field experience are recommended

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Exam Topics & Objectives

Exam Topics
The Oracle Solaris 11 Implementation Specialist exam consists of
six topics:

1. Overview
2. Technical overview
3. Installation
4. Advanced installation procedures
5. System boot and shutdown procedures for Oracle hardware
6. Manage file systems and storage
7. Software management
8. Virtualization
9. Networking

Exam Objectives
The exam objectives are defined by learner or practitioner
level of knowledge:

Learner-level: questions require the candidate to recall

information to determine the correct answer.
Example: Define the term network.

Practitioner-level: questions require the candidate to derive the

correct answer from the application of their knowledge, which
can only be attained by extensive experience with the product.

Example: The client requests xyz functionality, would you

recommend a, b or c?

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Training Options

For each exam topic there have been identified alternative training options that are
available at Oracle. The training options are divided into three categories:

Boot Camps
The Boot Camps are designed as a "jump start" training to enhance your skills
by providing role-based training on industry-leading Oracle solutions and
services. The boot camps are built as concise, intensive, and real-time training
to give partners a competitive advantage as they prepare to build powerful
solutions for their own customer base. Partners can choose to attend these boot
camps in class or in a live virtual class format to maximize the effectiveness and
the time allocated to training.

Instructor-Led Training (delivered by Oracle University)

Partners can take any publicly-scheduled Oracle University courses at steep
discounts. Benefit from hands on experience to gain real working skill and work
toward Oracle certifications.

Online Training
Oracle Partners are entitled free access to the Oracle Knowledge Center
(OUKC), a vast library of recorded product courses. New courses are regularly
added to the library, providing partners with the latest information and training to
master new products or to increase proficiency on the new releases.

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Topic 1: Oracle Solaris 11 Overview

Objectives Level

Identify the Solaris 11 Product Learner

Describe Oracle Solaris 11 and where Solaris fits into Oracle’s strategy Learner
Describe the benefits for providing solutions on an integrated stack Learner
Describe the key customer value propositions for the Solaris solutions Learner
Describe the configuration and usage options for Oracle Solaris 11 Learner

Training Options

Online Training
Oracle Solaris 11 Product Essentials training

Sample Question:

What are three properties of a business critical cloud infrastructure? (choose 3)

a. Service isolation
b. Flexible, virtual application instances
c. Dedicated, single purpose file servers
d. Easy, intuitive provisioning, chargeback, and capacity planning
e. Rigid, inflexible network design

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Topic 2: Oracle Solaris 11 Technical Overview

Objectives Level

Define the features of Oracle Solaris 11 Learner

Define the value of the feature in technical terms Learner
Differentiate this product from other operating systems Learner
Customer business needs and requirements Practitioner
Identify the key differences between Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 Learner
Explain how to move a workload from Solaris 10 to Solaris 11 Learner

Training Options

Online Training
Oracle Solaris 11 Technical Essentials Training
What’s New in Oracle Solaris 11 – Whitepaper
Oracle Solaris 11 Technology Spotlights - OTN
Oracle Solaris Security – What’s new in Security with Solaris 11

Sample Question:

What three options are features of the Oracle Solaris 11 Automated Installer?

a. Direct reuse of Jumpstart profiles and rules

b. Solaris 11 Zones provisioning
c. Solaris 10 branded zone provisioning
d. Directly bootable installation images
e. Image Packaging System (IPS) integration

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Topic 3: Oracle Solaris 11 Installation

Objectives Level

Planning a system's initial configuration Practitioner

Explain S11 OS installation and upgrade options for x86 and SPARC Learner
OS installation from CD / DVD for Solaris 11 on SPARC, x64, x86 Practitioner
Describe basic installation troubleshooting steps Learner

Training Options

Oracle Solaris 11 Support Readiness Training

Oracle Solaris 11 Simplified Installation and Cloud Provisioning
Oracle Solaris 11 Engineering TOI – System Config Tool
Oracle Solaris 11 Engineering TOI - Automated Installer
Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Systems
Installing and Updating Oracle Solaris 11 - Documentation
Oracle Solaris 11 VM for Oracle VM VirtualBox
Install Oracle Solaris on Oracle VM Virtualbox Hands On Lab (HOL)
General Installation Resources on Oracle.com

Sample Question:

Which line would you want to remove in the GRUB’s menu to prevent an automatic installation
from commencing when booting from CD or DVD, but without intentions of installing?

a. Install=default
b. Install=true
c. Install=always
d. Install=yes
e. Install=now

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Topic 4: Advanced Installation Procedures

Objectives Level

Explain the Automated Installer (AI) Practitioner

Configure an AI server setup and a local package repository Practitioner
Perform a Live Upgrade Update Practitioner
Describe the network boot process of an x86 or SPARC system Learner
Create a custom first-boot script Practitioner
Troubleshoot AI installation issues Practitioner
Automated installation for a physical system and a non-global zone Practitioner
Validate an installation using Solaris 11 tools like vmstat, top, prstat, etc. Practitioner
Add, remove, and modify user accounts/roles and assign rights Practitioner
Demonstrate Secure by Default and how to set/change the default setting Practitioner

Training Options

Online Training
Oracle Solaris 11 Simplified Installation and Cloud Provisioning
Oracle Solaris 11 Engineering TOI – System Configuration Tool
Oracle Solaris 11 Engineering TOI - Automated Installer
Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Systems
Installing and Updating Oracle Solaris 11 - Documentation
Oracle Solaris 11 VM for Oracle VM VirtualBox
Oracle Solaris Security – What’s new in Security with Solaris 11

Sample Question:

Which two options do you absolutely need to have in place in order to successfully customize the
network installation of an Oracle Solaris 11 x86 system?

a. Two Automated Installer manifests, one for x86 systems and another one for SPARC systems
b. An SMF system configuration profile
c. An x86 system running Automated Installer service
d. Either a SPARC or an x86 system running Automated Installer service
e. An Oracle Solaris 11 IPS repository hosted in your own datacenter

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Topic 5: Perform system boot and shutdown procedures
for T-Series, M-Series, and x86 systems

Objectives Level

Boot and shutdown processes on x64 and SPARC Oracle systems Learner
Boot, shutdown, and reboot on an x64 and SPARC Oracle system Practitioner
Perform a network boot on an x64 and SPARC Oracle system Practitioner
Control the default boot behaviors of x64 and SPARC Oracle systems Practitioner
Create and manage ZFS boot environments Practitioner
Troubleshoot a system boot and shutdown Practitioner

Training Options

Online Training
Administering Oracle Solaris 11 – Documentation
SPARC T-Series Server Documentation
SPARC M-Series Server Documentation
Oracle x86 Server Documentation

Sample Question:

You are working on a system that appears to be hanging during the boot process. Which would
be the best course of action for determining which step in the boot process might be causing the
issue?

a. Boot the system into single user mode, run ps –ef to determine processes that are not running
b. Boot the system into the “none” milestone, enable all services, then run svcs –a to
determine the state of your services, as well as check for error messages in /var/svc/log
c. Boot the system, disable all services using the “svcs disable all” command, reboot and bring
up each service individually.
d. Interrupt the boot process before services are started with Stop-A or
<CTRL><ALT><DELETE>.
e. Perform an interactive boot, and disable services as they request startup.

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Topic 6: Manage File Systems and Storage

Objectives Level

Explain disk architecture and ZFS file system capabilities Learner

Use the prtconf and format commands to list devices Practitioner
Explain critical issues of the /etc/path_to_inst file and reconfigure devices Practitioner
Perform a reconfiguration boot Practitioner
Use the devfsadm command for SPARC, x64 and x86 based systems Practitioner
Configure disks for ZFS zpools on x86 and SPARC systems, Practitioner
Create a file system and set parameters in ZFS Practitioner
Describe snapshots, clones, replication in the ZFS file system Learner
Create shares and LUNS from a ZFS file system Practitioner
Given a scenario, configure boot disks for use as a ZFS pool Practitioner

Training Options

Online Training
Oracle Solaris 11 ZFS File System Administration – Documentation
Oracle Solaris 11 ZFS – Engineering TOI
Introduction to Oracle Solaris 11 ZFS File System Hands On Lab (HOL)
General Oracle Solaris 11 ZFS Technology Resources

Sample Question:

After installing an Oracle Solaris 11 system, you execute the following command to create a data
set into which several nonglobal zones will be installed:

# zfs create –o encryption=on –o dedup=on –o compression=on rpool/myzones

Enter passphrase for ‘rpool/myzones’:
Enter again:
What impact will this command have on any zones installed under this ZFS data
set?

a. The zones will have encrypted swap and /tmp file systems
b. The zones will not permit any move or clone operations
c. The zones will be required to be “solaris” brands only
d. The zones will cache the encryption key while running
e. The zones will be unable to start during system boot

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Topic 7: Oracle Solaris 11 Software Management

Objectives Level

Describe key differences between managing software in S10 vs. S11 Learner
Explain key components of S11 Image Packaging System (IPS) subsystem Learner
Manage S11 Boot Environments Practitioner
Manage IPS repositories from command-line and GUI tools Practitioner
Inventory installed packages, using both command-line and GUI tools Practitioner
Perform package administration Practitioner
Set up a local IPS repository Practitioner
Perform a full upgrade for an x86 or SPARC platform Practitioner

Training Options

Online Training
Adding and Updating Oracle Solaris 11 Packages
Oracle Solaris 11 Automated Installer Engineering TOI
Advanced Administration with IPS on Oracle Solaris 11
General Resources on Oracle Solaris 11 IPS
Introduction to Managing Boot Environments

Sample Question:

The command “beadm create –a solaris-test” will __________.

a. Create and automatically boot the solaris-test boot environment

b. Create and activate the solaris-test boot environment but not reboot
c. Create an archive of the solaris-test boot environment
d. Will not create a new boot environment without further information
e. Will only activate a previously defined boot environment named solaris-test

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Topic 8: Oracle Solaris 11 Virtualization

Objectives Level
Distinguish between the different zone concepts Learner
Given a scenario, create a Solaris zone Practitioner
Identify zone components Practitioner
Use the zonecfg, dladm and ipadm commands to view and configure zones Practitioner
Use the zoneadm command to manage zones Practitioner

Training Options

Online Training
Solaris 11 Engineering TOI – New Zones
Administering Solaris Zones

Sample Question:

You are implementing three workloads, one in each of three zones. Which five factors should
you consider when configuring networking?

a. Are VLANs in use?

b. The quantity of physical NICs in the system.
c. The network bandwidth needs of the workloads.
d. Which layer 4 protocol family is in use: TCP or UDP?
e. The range of IP addresses that each zone can use.
f. The amount of processing capacity needed to handle network interrupts for each zone.

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Topic 9: Solaris 11 Networking

Objectives Level
Key network administration differences between S10 and S11 Learner
Plan a system's network configuration Learner
Explain Solaris 11 automatic and static network configuration options Practitioner
Implement a system's network configuration Practitioner
Implement advanced network configurations Practitioner
Show, set, and unset link properties and control network bandwidth Practitioner

Training Options

Online Training
Oracle Solaris 11 Network Configurations/Features Engineering TOI
Oracle Solaris 11 Network Interfaces and Network Virtualization

Sample Question:

Which two actions are used to permanently configure a new interface?

a. dladm set-linkprop mtu=1500 net2

b. ipadm create-addr –T static –a 10.2.3.5/24 net2/v4static
c. ipadm create-addr –a local=2ff0::f3ad/64 –T static –t net2/v6dhcp
d. ipadm create-ip net2

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Exam Registration

How to register for the exam?

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(www.pearsonvue.com/oracle) Before a registration can be submitted, a
Pearson VUE profile must be created using your Company ID. Your Company
ID can be obtained by contacting your local Oracle Partner Business Center or
by signing in to your OPN account. Your Company ID is located in the section on
the right under "Company information".

Please review a 6 minute video presentation that will you how to easily setup
your Pearson VUE account for the first time.

Have you completed an Oracle Certification Exam in the past?

Due to systems enhancements, each partner who has completed an Oracle
Certification Exam will need to update their Pearson VUE profile in order to
receive credit and for those records to appear in the OPN Competency Center.

How to get full recognition as Certified Implementation Specialist?

To get full recognition as a Certified Implementation Specialist you need to:
A. Update your Pearson VUE profile with your Company ID
B. Activate your Certview Account

Please follow these instructions and your records will be properly recorded.

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