Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management Exam
The Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management exam (EX403) tests the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to manage large installations of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® systems using Red Hat Satellite server and related technologies.
By passing this exam, you become a Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management, which also counts toward becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA®).
Objectives listed for this exam are based on the most recent Red Hat product version available.
What you'll learn
- Configure Red Hat Satellite server
- Manage content and software products
- Manage systems
- Filter content with Content Views
- Manage Ansible roles and remote execution
- Provision clients
- Maintain Satellite
- As with all Red Hat performance-based exams, configurations must persist after reboot without intervention.
Prerequisites
- ›Be a Red Hat Certified Engineer or Red Hat Certified System Administrator, or have comparable work experience and skills
- ›Have taken Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration (RH403) or have extensive work experience working with Red Hat Satellite server
- ›Review the exam objectives
Who should attend
- ›System administrators responsible for managing large enterprise environments
- ›Red Hat Certified Engineers interested in becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
Preparation
Red Hat encourages you to consider taking the Red Hat Satellite 6 Administration (RH403) course to help prepare.
Exam format
This exam is a performance-based evaluation of systems deployment and management skills and knowledge. You will perform a number of systems administration tasks focused on configuring Red Hat Satellite server and then using that system to deploy client systems. You will be evaluated on whether you have met specific objective criteria. Performance-based testing means that you must perform tasks similar to what you perform on the job.
This exam consists of a single section lasting four hours.
This exam can also be taken virtually as part of our remote testing format. Find out more about remote exams to see if this is the right choice for you.
Recommended next course or exam
- Red Hat Security: Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud (RH415)
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Security: Linux exam (EX415)
- Developing Advanced Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO374)
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Developing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform exam (EX374)
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