Sun’s exam CX-310-043, “Sun Certified Network Administrator for the Solaris 8 Operating Environment” is a core requirement for the Sun Certified Network Administrator (SCNA) Solaris 8 OE certification. It is designed for Unix network administrators with a minimum of three years experience. Holding a “Sun Certified System Administrator” (SCSA) certification, in any version of Solaris, is a prerequisite for this exam.

This exam is moderately difficult and costs $150 USD. It may be taken from Thomson Prometric.

The pass score for this multiple choice, free response and drag and drop exam is 67%. There are 58 questions and the exam lasts 120 minutes.

The topics covered by this exam include:

• Network Model
• Local Area Networks (LANs)
• Ethernet Interface
• ARP and RARP
• Internet Layer
• Routing
• Transport Layer
• Client-Server Model
• DHCP
• Networking Management Tools
• Domain Name Service (DNS)
• Network Time Protocol
• Troubleshooting and IPv6