Solaris 8 Training Guide (310-043): Network Administrator Certification (Exam Gear) [Hardcover]

Rafeeq Ur Rehman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 27, 2001 | ISBN-10: 1578702615 | ISBN-13: 978-1578702619

This book helps certified Solaris System Administrators pass the Network Administrator exam. This exam is rapidly increasing in popularity.

This book follows the successful Training Guide format, which delivers superior solutions in the form of lab examples, self-assessment opportunities, summary tables, and several effective learning tools - including ExamGear -- that enhance the learning experience.

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Tailored to the scope of the Sun Solaris network administration exam (exam 310-043), the Solaris 8 Network Administrator Training Guide provides introductory and intermediate-level coverage of the TCP/IP protocol stack, including key utilities and services, as implemented by Sun's commercial version of Unix. Rafeeq Rehman uses plenty of examples and a lot of "why we do it this way" explanations to help his readers become competent configurers and troubleshooters of Solaris servers and workstations on Internet-standard networks. Some readers may wish for more coverage of the specific characteristics of the Solaris network architecture, but the book follows the exam's lead and covers general networking subjects in equal depth.

Kudos to Rehman and New Riders for their handling of practice questions. At the end of each chapter, there are between 10 and 25 multiple-choice questions in the style of the actual exam. Answers to these questions appear--with explanations, thankfully--in an appendix. That's what you expect in a certification-preparation aid. This book's companion CD-ROM exceeds expectations, though: It's nicely set up and allows you to see the answers ("Study Mode") or go through on your own, without help ("Exam Mode"). There are only 150 questions, but they're different from the ones printed in the book. A nice addition: A tracking utility to monitor your progress over time and point out your weak subjects. --David Wall

Topics covered: Those subjects Sun Microsystems requires candidates to understand in order to pass its Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris 8 exam (310-043), including IP addressing, routing with Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Router Discovery Protocol (RDISC), automatic configuration of nodes with DHCP, and the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). There's an IPv6 introduction, too.

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This book helps certified Solaris System Administrators pass the Network Administrator exam. This exam is rapidly increasing in popularity.

This book follows the successful Training Guide format, which delivers superior solutions in the form of lab examples, self-assessment opportunities, summary tables, and several effective learning tools - including ExamGear -- that enhance the learning experience.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: Que (August 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578702615
• ISBN-13: 978-1578702619
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,843,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Solaris

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A very good book but does not cover all exam topics., March 6, 2002

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Aramazd Yarijanian (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Solaris 8 Training Guide (310-043): Network Administrator Certification (Exam Gear) (Hardcover)

I have just passed the exam 310-043 today and got passed. I used this book and also the Sun Solaris Certification Exam Practice Web-based course. This book is written in a very clear manner. Each chapter brings up the most essential of the subject without loosing the reader's time with unnecessary details. The software is very usefull because it is a simulation of the actual exam. However if you only rely on this book you cannot pass the exam because it covers only 80% of the subjects.
Here are some missing topics:

- At the exam, the terminology direct and indirect routing is used. In this book there is no explanation about them. At least two exam questions were asking about these two different routing methods.

- At the exam, there were some questions about what can you do with SMC (Sun Management Center). In this book the word SMC is not mentioned at all.

- DNS: there is no explanation how to debug a DNS server except using the nslookup. In SUN answerbook you can read that there are two commands (dig and pkill -INT). This was also a question of the exam.

- I wish the chapter 5 (DHCP) was written in a more complete and clear manner. More examples and more detailed explanations would increase the quality of this chapter.

There are other topics which were not covered in this book. However, in my opinion this book remains one of the best written books on Solaris Networking currently on the market. You just need another source of information (book or online-course) to pass successfully the exam.

Good luck !

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a so so book, June 9, 2002

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justsomeguyinla "justsomeguyinla" (Temple City, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solaris 8 Training Guide (310-043): Network Administrator Certification (Exam Gear) (Hardcover)

Technically inaccurate in many, many places, I would definitely not consider it the "Training Guide" it claims to be. However, if you want a half way decent overview of various Networking topics, and want to know just enough to cover the exam, then the information in this book is helpful.

If you really want to be a professional Network Administrator, I would suggest reading the "Suggested Readings and Resources" section at the end of each chapter or avoiding this book altogether and picking up a copy of "UNIX System Administration Handbook" (Nemeth, et. al.) and/or a few O'Reilly books.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book to pass exam, March 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Solaris 8 Training Guide (310-043): Network Administrator Certification (Exam Gear) (Hardcover)

Found this book good to pass the Solaris 8 network admin certification exam. It is written in a very clear and to-the-point manner so that the reader does not waste his/her time in un-necessary detail and reading unrelated things.

BTW, I have seen a review under heading "A superb illustration of mediocrity, February 11, 2002 " about this book. I beleive that the reviewer probably wanted to write this review for some other book because there is no chapter 16 in this book. Also the question mentioned in that review is not related to Network administration at all and is not contained in this book.

To me this book is excellent to pass the exam if you have some experience with Solaris.