Will the installation be for a Search Server or for a Remote Search Server?

Is this the only Search Server in your Siebel installation, or will you be using multiple Search Servers?

What languages do you want to support in your searches?

Are there any configuration changes you plan to make to Hummingbird?

Are you going to use Siebel Advanced Search?

With which applications will you be using Siebel Search?

Will you be installing Siebel Search for mobile client searching?

What operating system will you be using?

What application server operating system will you be using?

What database system will you be using?

If you are upgrading from a previous release of Siebel Search, will you need to rebuild your indices?

If you are upgrading from the previous release of Siebel Search, will you need to rebuild your search index structure using Siebel Tools?