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Exam Study Guide
Dan Kingsley
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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:
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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.
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
Training Options
Online Training
Oracle Solaris 11 Product Essentials training
Sample Question:
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
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?
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Topic 3: Oracle Solaris 11 Installation
Objectives Level
Training Options
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
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
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:
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:
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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?
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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:
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