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Course number U3701S
Length 5 days
Delivery method Instructor-led training (ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (OST)
Price USD $3,000
CAD $3,600

Course overview

This seminar provides an overview of the HP Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1A operating system's internal features and their operation. This course describes the data structures, their relationships and the major algorithms used to manage:

  • Alpha Architecture
  • Processes
  • System Calls
  • Interrupts and Exceptions
  • Virtual Memory
  • File Systems (UFS)

Prerequisites

To get the most from this course, you should have:

  • A minimum of one year of programming experience (C is preferred)
  • A familiarity with UNIX commands and utilities
  • General operating system concepts
  • Computer architecture concepts, such as Alpha architecture

Audience

System programmers, support personnel and others who want to understand the implementation of the HP Tru64 UNIX operating system.


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Benefits to you

This course describes the internal features and data structures of the operating system.


Next Steps

  • AdvFS Internals and Troubleshooting U3704S
  • LSM Internals and Troubleshooting U3705S

Course outline

  • Computer architecture and Alpha
  • Memory architecture
  • Process management abstractions
  • Process management structures
  • Process management states
  • System calls
  • Hardware interrupts
  • Software interrupts
  • Exceptions
  • Signals
  • Program image
  • Process life cycle
  • Representing a process' address space
  • Managing available memory
  • File layer and the virtual file system (VFS)
  • Buffer caches
  • UNIX file system (UFS)
  • Advanced file system (AdvFS)
  • I/O framework


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