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Know the SPARC boot phase order. The order is the boot PROM, boot programs, kernel initialization, and init.
Know what the device tree is and where it is accessed. The device tree lists all configured system devices. It can be accessed through the OpenBoot interface, the Forth Monitor.
Understand how devices are named. All devices in a SPARC computer are uniquely named based on their physical location. Each name maps to the following form: driver-name@unit-address:device-arguments.
Know how to create a device alias and make it permanent. Device aliases can be created with the devalias command. However, to make them permanent, use the nvalias command.
Know how to quickly display the OpenBoot version, amount of memory B All these parameters are displayed by using the banner command from the Forth Monitor.
Know how to modify NVRAM configuration variables. NVRAM variables are modified by using the setenv command. The security password is the only exception, and it is modified by using the password command.
Understand the structure of the /etc/inittab file. Each entry of the /etc/inittab file has the following fields: id:runlevel:action:process.
Know how to identify the default run level. The default run level is specified in the /etc/ inittab file by the initdefault option.
Know how many run levels Solaris 9 has. Solaris 9 has eight run levels, although only seven are used.
Understand the proper way to shut down a Solaris system. To shut down Solaris, the init and shutdown commands are recommended. Use init for workstations, and shutdown for server machines.
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