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T1500 W INDOWS - BASED T ERMINAL N ETWORK I NSTALLA TION G UIDE.
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T1500 W INDOWS - BASED T ERMINAL N ETWORK I NSTALLA TION G UIDE December 19 9 9.
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C onte nts C onte nts C onte nts C onte nts Ov er v i ew Ov er v i ew Ov er v i ew Ov er v i ew Introduc tion xi How to Use Th is Guide xi References xi DHCP/BOOTP xii Ti m e S e r v e r xii SNMP xii .
viii viii viii viii Option 4 3 V en dor-Sp ecific ID 13 NETSVC 13 NOSWAP 14 REFLASH 14 MF_DIR 14 MF_CFG 15 XFS 15 XDMC P 15 BUDD Y_BOO T 15 Pack et Size 16 Option Ov erload 16 Option 1 8 vs.
ix ix ix ix 6 6 6 6 I nsta lling C D S oftwa re ont o the S e rve r ( s) I nsta lling C D S oftwa re onto the S e rve r( s) I nsta lling C D S oftwa re onto the S e rve r( s) I nsta lling C D S oftwa .
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Ov er v i ew Ov er v i ew Ov er v i ew Ov er v i ew I ntroduction I ntroduction I ntroduction I ntroduction This g uide expl ains how to inst all soft ware from the in stallati on CD on to your ser ver and how to config ure the r esources resident o n the s erver to supp ort Co mpaq T1500 W indows- Based T ermin als fo r this sof tware r elease .
xii xii xii xii DHCP/B OOTP DHCP/B OOTP DHCP/B OOTP DHCP/B OOTP RFC 1534 - I nteroper ation betwe en DHCP and BOO TP RFC 2131 - D ynami c Host Con figur ation Pr otocol RFC 2132 - D HCP Op tions and B.
1 1 1 1 In s t al l at i o n Ov er v i ew an d In s t al l at i o n Ov er v i ew an d In s t al l at i o n Ov er v i ew an d In s t al l at i o n Ov er v i ew an d P l a nning P l a nning P l a nning P l a nning This d ocument de scrib es how to i nstall th e T15 00 sof tware o n the fo llowing comp uter se rver s: • SCO OpenS erver 5.
2 2 2 2 Chapter 1 Server r esources can be p rovide d from plat forms oth er than the a bove-li sted o nes, but Com paq has no t certifi ed other enviro nments and can n ot be res ponsibl e for any pro blems r elated to i ncorre ctly confi gured s ervers.
Installa tion Ov erview a nd Pla nning 3 3 3 3 P la nning Y our I n sta lla tion P la nning Y our I n sta lla tion P la nning Y our I n sta lla tion P la nning Y our I n sta lla tion The s oftware i nstallat ion p rocedur e is broken down into 6 basic steps, inc luding the planning descri bed in this ch apter .
4 4 4 4 Chapter 1 S te p 3 . C onfigure O ptiona l T e rmina l S ta rt- U p R e source s S te p 3 . C onfigure O ptiona l T e rmina l S ta rt- U p R e source s S te p 3 .
2 2 2 2 C onfiguring T e rmina l C onfiguring T e rmina l C onfiguring T e rmina l C onfiguring T e rmina l St ar t -Up Res o u r c es St ar t -Up Res o u r c es St ar t -Up Res o u r c es St ar t -Up.
6 6 6 6 Chapter 2 When b ooting in a networ k envi ronment, BOOT P provi des the te rmin al with the following requ ired inf ormation : the term inal’s IP add ress; th e IP ad dress o f the TF TP bo.
Configu ring Ter minal St art-Up Re sour ces 7 7 7 7 F igure 2 - 1 Bootpta b F ile E xa mple F igure 2 - 1 Bootpta b F ile E xa mple F igure 2 - 1 Bootpta b F ile E xa mple F igure 2 - 1 Bootpta b F ile E xa mple The option u sed h ere for the NF S root directo ry is the T17 entry , which is of the form IPADDR:/PATH .
8 8 8 8 Chapter 2 For all n on-Wind ows ser ver pla tforms, bootp c an be ru n either at boot or from inetd . It is reco mmend that bootp be ru n from inetd , al though with many terminals and a s table env ironmen t (i.e ., an uncha nging list of te rmina ls), it may be faster t o run v ia automat ic star t-up at server b oot.
Configu ring Ter minal St art-Up Re sour ces 9 9 9 9 In a local- boot environm ent, DHCP can provi de a set o f configurat ion paramete rs, which reduc es the ne ed to c onfigure the termi nal’s Se .
10 10 10 10 Chapter 2 T ab l e 2-1 DHCP Op t i o n s T ab l e 2-1 DHCP Op t i o n s T ab l e 2-1 DHCP Op t i o n s T ab l e 2-1 DHCP Op t i o n s Op t i o n Op t i o n Op t i o n Op t i o n Nu m b er .
Configu ring Ter minal St art-Up Re sour ces 11 11 11 11 Option 4 8 assume s TC P and por t 7100 f or font se rver a ccess . If other p orts are to be used, y ou must u se the ven dor-spec ific option descri bed below . Also, o ption 4 9 assumes Query m ode.
12 12 12 12 Chapter 2 Since an op tion can p otentiall y be provi ded in three places (sta ndard DHCP packet, op tion 43, and via TF TP with opti on 18), the prec edence rule is defined as: (1) standar d packet , (2) optio n 43, and ( 3) TF TP via option 18 .
Configu ring Ter minal St art-Up Re sour ces 13 13 13 13 In a networ k-boot e nvironmen t, the c lient and vendor i dentif iers are n ot modifi able by the us er . The terminal provides the abi lity to change the Client ID, V endor ID, and Hostname fields con sistent w ith the RFCs.
14 14 14 14 Chapter 2 DNS r esolvab le ma chine name, share is the share name, and path is an optional path withi n that shar e. For name resol ution, an entry in the ter minal's host file ( Se t.
Configu ring Ter minal St art-Up Re sour ces 15 15 15 15 resolu tion, an en try in th e termin al's ho st file ( S e tup | C onne ctivity | I nte rne t | S e tup | C onne ctivity | I nte rne t | .
16 16 16 16 Chapter 2 Pac k et Si z e Pac k et Si z e Pac k et Si z e Pac k et Si z e The terminal is capable of sending a nd receiv ing the Max imum DHCP Message size optio n, allowing p ackets t o contain up to 1500 b ytes, in cluding the DHCP header i n this s ize.
Configu ring Ter minal St art-Up Re sour ces 17 17 17 17 O ption 1 8 vs. O ption 4 3 vs. O p tions 1 2 8 + O ption 1 8 vs. O ption 4 3 vs. O p tions 1 2 8 + O ption 1 8 vs.
18 18 18 18 Chapter 2 40 NISDOMAINNAME Not currently u sed. 41 N ISSER VER Not c urren tly us ed. 42 N TPSER VE R Not c urren tly us ed. 43 Not allow ed. 48 XFONTS ERVER First e lement ; sub sequent e lement s app end a number contigu ous to the label.
Configu ring Ter minal St art-Up Re sour ces 19 19 19 19 Files endi ng in a .txt name a re treate d as text fil es. A ny other fi lenam e is treate d as an RFC-co mpliant fi le.
20 20 20 20 Chapter 2 TF TP TF TP TF TP TF TP TF TP is requir ed in a network -boot en vironme nt. The T F TP s erver lo ads th e terminal’s ope rating sys tem off the ser ver in to memory on the ter minal. Th is operatin g syste m then c ontrols all othe r act ions per formed fr om the termina l.
Configu ring Ter minal St art-Up Re sour ces 21 21 21 21 The foll owing four requir ement s are mandator y and must be me t must be me t must be me t must be me t in the NFS configur ation : No t e No.
22 22 22 22 Chapter 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS is a protocol designe d for con verting the rela tively e asy-to -rememb er descripti ve mach ine/ter minal n ames i nto IP address es, whic h is thei r actual represent ation o n the Inter net/intra net.
3 3 3 3 C onfiguring O ptiona l T e rmina l C onfiguring O ptiona l T e rmina l C onfiguring O ptiona l T e rmina l C onfiguring O ptiona l T e rmina l St ar t -Up Res o u r c es St ar t -Up Res o u r.
24 24 24 24 Chapter 3 Beca use of li mited l ocal st orage capacit y in t he ter minal, the fon ts resi dent on the terminal ar e the minimum s et for us e with all appl ications . If a loc ally boo ted terminal us es the ne twork serv ices direc tor , additional font s are au tomatical ly made availab le.
Configur ing Opti onal Termi nal Star t-Up Res ources 25 25 25 25 For a netwo rk pri nter to be used (v ia SM B), all the requir ements abo ve mu st be met. Also, fo r a serve r with an N TFS file system, the secu rity must b e alte red to allow guests to have ful l access to all fil es and di rectorie s in the n etwork s ervices tre e.
26 26 26 26 Chapter 3 HTTP (Hel p ) HTTP (Hel p ) HTTP (Hel p ) HTTP (Hel p ) HTTP is the p rotocol used b y the World Wi de Web. The ser ver-base d user he lp for the termi nal is dis tributed as a tree of HTTP link s and i s on the i nstallati on CD.
Configur ing Opti onal Termi nal Star t-Up Res ources 27 27 27 27 CSL IP CSL IP CSL IP CSL IP CSLIP stan ds for Compress ed Seria l Line Inter net Proto col and is a variant o f SLIP that uses VJ head er co mpressio n. The hos t and s erver na me requi rement s mentio ned under SLIP als o app ly to CSLI P .
28 28 28 28 Chapter 3.
4 4 4 4 C onfiguring S e rve r Applica tion C onfiguring S e rve r Applica tion C onfiguring S e rve r Applica tion C onfiguring S e rve r Applica tion Res o u r c es Res o u r c es Res o u r c es Res o u r c es Seve ral serv er res ources apply to the ind ividu al appli catio ns that run o n the terminal.
30 30 30 30 Chapter 4 POP3/IMA P4 POP3/IMA P4 POP3/ IMA P4 POP3/IMA P4 POP3 an d IMAP 4 are the Post Office Prot ocols us ed by the e-mail function embedded i n Nets cape C ommuni cator on the termi nal. If you are using the e-ma il function to send an d read e- mail, y ou may need to co nfigure a POP3 o r IMAP4 server to manag e the e-ma il.
Configu ring Se rver Appl icat ion Resour ces 31 31 31 31 No t e No t e No t e No t e RSH su pport is not avai lable from Wi ndows N T servers . Even i f X cl ients ar e instal led on NT , RSH support must be av ailable from other s erver(s) for the X Manager to be ab le to laun ch them.
32 32 32 32 Chapter 4 wher e terminal is the termina l name and user is th e user name from t he terminal ( root is autom atica lly use d if secu rity is d isabled; guest is autom atical ly used if s ecurit y is enable d and auto login as guest is sele cted).
Configu ring Se rver Appl icat ion Resour ces 33 33 33 33 Any com mand e xecuted t hroug h this mec hanism will b e run as that spec ial u ser , although t he SHE LL envir onment va riable is repl aced w ith the fir st entry i n the rshsecure .
34 34 34 34 Chapter 4.
5 5 5 5 S e le cting Browse r Loca tion S e le cting Browse r Loca tion S e le cting Browse r Loca tion S e le cting Browse r Loca tion The brow ser appl ication i s designe d to run eithe r local ly or from a se rver . Normally it resi des and i s run l ocally .
36 36 36 36 Chapter 5 • Y our company has sta ndard ized on a browser other th an Nets cape Commun icator . Reasons to execut e the brows er loc ally: • Less net work ban dwidth is availab le. • Y ou r equire faster s tart-up of the b rowser appli cation.
Selecti ng Browse r Locatio n 37 37 37 37 T able 5-1 lists the var ious co nfigurati ons o f the termi nal an d the exte rnal co ntrol s that were imposed o n Commu nicat or for ea ch confi guration . C onse que nce s: C onse que nce s: C onse que nc e s: C onse que nce s: 1.
38 38 38 38 Chapter 5.
6 6 6 6 In s t al l i n g CD So f t w ar e In s t al l i n g CD So f t w ar e In s t al l i n g CD So f t w ar e In s t al l i n g CD So f t w ar e onto the S e rve r( s) onto the S e rve r( s) onto t.
40 40 40 40 Chapter 6 Cau t i o n Cau t i o n Cau t i o n Cau t i o n There is c urrent ly no chec k for su fficient di sk spac e and no undo pr oced ure.
Installing CD Softwa re onto th e Serve r(s) 41 41 41 41 Mount t he CD-ROM drive u sing the follow ing comma nd: Pl at f o r m Pl at f o r m Pl at f o r m P la tform C omma nd C omma nd C omma nd C om.
42 42 42 42 Chapter 6 Change the active d irector y to the CD -ROM dr ive ( cd /cdrom ). No t e No t e No t e No t e Windows uses “ ” as dir ectory separato r , and UNIX uses “ / ” . Prior to start of t he TCL /TK runti me, use the appropr iate sep arator .
Installing CD Softwa re onto th e Serve r(s) 43 43 43 43 The inst allatio n scri pt will no t inst all an y softwar e onto your sy stem unti l after a ll respons es are entered. The last pr ompt will tell you when the i nstallat ion is ready to proceed .
44 44 44 44 Chapter 6 Directo ries are mad e as requir ed, so a /T1500/root directo ry extractio n will a lso creat e /T 1500 . If t he direc tory an d/or fil e exist at the tim e the s econd s ection.
Installing CD Softwa re onto th e Serve r(s) 45 45 45 45 There a re five sect ions to th e GUI- mode in stallat ion. E ach has a dist inct backgroun d scree n. The fi rst secti on is pur ely inf ormativ e to yo u, the use r . The second s ection c ontai ns a serie s of chec klists, a sking f or which ite ms y ou wish to insta ll on that server .
46 46 46 46 Chapter 6 The upgrade direc tory c ontains th e scripts nece ssary for upgradi ng local -boot terminals from one release to anot her . The admin direct ory con tains an ev er-growin g se t of s cripts that a dministr ators can use or ref er to f or managi ng their termina ls via N FS.
A A A A T1500 Wi ndows- Ba se d T e rmina l T1500 Wi ndows- Ba se d T e rmina l T1500 Wi ndows- Ba se d T e rmina l T1500 Wi ndows- Ba se d T e rmina l Q uick- S ta rt I n structions Q uick- S ta rt I.
48 48 48 48 Appen dix A Q uick- S ta rt P r oce dure Q uick- S ta rt P r oce dure Q uick- S ta rt P r oce dure Q uick- S ta rt P r oce dure These ins tructio ns are fo r netw ork admini strator s and end users a lready familiar with ne tworks and terminal s.
T1500 W indows-Bas ed Ter minal Q uick-Sta rt Instr uctio ns 49 49 49 49 7. 7. 7. 7. T o further configur e the n etwork setu p, use the Sel ect | S y s t em | Set u p Se l ec t | Sys t em | Setu p S el ect | S y s t em | Set u p Se l ec t | Sys t em | Setu p window’s C onne ctivity C onne ctivity C onne ctivity C onne ctivity dialog box es.
50 50 50 50 Appen dix A “ G-K ey Res et ” Pr o c ed u r e “ G-K ey Res et ” Pr o c ed u r e “ G-K ey Res et ” Pr o c ed u r e “ G-K ey Res et ” Pr o c ed u r e Y ou m ay res et the te .
B B B B I ns ta l la tion P l a nning I ns ta l la tion P l a nning I nsta lla tion P la nning I ns ta l la tion P l a nning W orkshe e ts W orkshe e ts W orkshe e ts W orkshe e ts The foll owing wor .
52 52 52 52 Appen dix B In an exi sting netw ork env ironmen t where work statio ns are o n people’s de sktops, many se rver res ources may a lready be conf igured.
Installa tion P lanning W orksh eets 53 53 53 53 T T T Te e e er r r rm m m mi ii in n n na a a al ll l S S S St t t ta a a ar r r rt t t t- - - -U U U Up p p p R R R Re e e es s s so o o ou u u ur r .
54 54 54 54 Appen dix B O O O Op p p pt t t ti ii io o o on n n na a a al ll l T T T Te e e er r r rm m m mi ii in n n na a a al ll l S S S St t t ta a a ar r r rt t t t- - - -u u u up p p p R R R Re .
Installa tion P lanning W orksh eets 55 55 55 55 S S S Se e e er r r rv v v ve e e er r r r A A A Ap p p pp p p pl ll li ii ic c c ca a a at t t ti ii io o o on n n n R R R Re e e es s s so o o ou u u.
56 56 56 56 Appen dix B B B B Br r r ro o o ow w w ws s s se e e er r r r L L L La a a au u u un n n nc c c ch h h h L L L Lo o o oc c c ca a a at t t ti ii io o o on n n n R R R Re e e es s s so o o .
Installa tion P lanning W orksh eets 57 57 57 57 O O O Ot t t th h h he e e er r r r I I I Im m m ma a a ag g g ge e e es s s s L L L Lo o o oc c c ca a a at t t ti ii io o o on n n n W W W Wo o o or .
58 58 58 58 Appen dix B S S S So o o of f f ft t t tw w w wa a a ar r r re e e e I I I Im m m ma a a ag g g ge e e es s s s f f f fr r r ro o o om m m m t t t th h h he e e e C C C CD D D DR R R RO O O OM M M M W W W Wo o o or r r rk k k ks s s sh h h he e e ee e e et t t t Install ation Workshee t for Step 6 Part 2 (Chapter 6) *Use “ c:/mwt/.
Installa tion P lanning W orksh eets 59 59 59 59.
T 1 5 0 0 W indows- Ba se d T e rmina l N e twork I nsta lla t ion G uide T 1 5 0 0 W indows- Ba se d T e rmina l N e twork I nsta lla t ion G uide T 1 5 0 0 W indows- Ba se d T e rmina l N e twork I .
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