Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) Overview  
 
This certification is for system administrators tasked with performing essential system administration procedures on the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and technical application support staff responsible for administering a networked server running on the Solaris OS.
Sun offers certifications for the Solaris 8, 9 and 10 OS, each consisting of two exams. Candidates must pass both part I and part II exams of the same Solaris OS version in order to obtain certification.

If you are already certified as a system administrator for a previous version of the Solaris Operating System, you can take the upgrade exam for the version of the Solaris of interest to you.

The SCSA certification tracks include:

Solaris 10 OS
- Part I - Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 Operating System (CX-310-200)
- Part II - Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 Operating System (CX-310-202)
- Upgrade - Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 Operating System (CX-310-203)
 
Solaris 9 OS
- Part I - Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 9 Operating System (CX-310-014)
- Part II - Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 9 Operating System (CX-310-015)
- Upgrade - Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 9 Operating System (CX-310-016)
 
Solaris 8 OS
- Part I - Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 8 Operating System (CX-310-011)
- Part II - Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 8 Operating System (CX-310-012)
- Upgrade - Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 8 Operating System (CX-310-013)
 
As the Sun Microsystems certification program continues to evolve, TestKing will continue to change and update our content to reflect those changes.