Chapter 4 Solaris

System Requirements

• Operating System -- Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, or 2.6 on a SPARC or Intel machine.

  For systems running NetBEUI or SPARC systems running AppleTalk-over-Token-Ring, install a token-ring driver patch to keep the multicast issue in check. Sunsoft provides the token-ring-for-SPARC patch #102463-03. For Solaris 2.5.1 and x86 platforms, install Driver update 6 if running NetBEUI, IPX, or AppleTalk protocols. Get this patch from your O/S vendor.

  For i386 platforms, TAS does not support NetBEUI and AppleTalk token rings.

• Hardware -- A SPARC or Intel i386 workstation.

• Input Device -- A CD-ROM drive.

• Disk Space -- Approximately 35 MB of free disk space in the /opt partition. Use the df -k command to verify free space. To make free space available, find a partition with sufficient space and create a symbolic link from the /opt/totalnet directory to a directory on another partition as follows, where partition represents the partition with sufficient space:

# ln -s /partition/opt/totalnet

Installation Steps

If you want to upgrade, follow the updating instructions in Chapter 2, Upgrading.

The Solaris pkgadd installation program extracts the TAS software package from the distribution media, sets the ownership and permission mode of the files, and moves them to the appropriate directories.

Follow these steps to install TAS:

1. Log in as root at the system login prompt.

2. Place the CD in the drive.

3. Enter the command lines below. For dir, enter either sparc or i386.

   # cd /cdrom/totalnet_advanced_server/TAS/solaris2_5_1 pkgadd -d dir

   The following text appears:

   The following packages are available: 1 TAS TotalNET Advanced Server (sparc) 5.2 2 TASDOC TotalNET Advanced Server Documentation (sparc) 5.2 Select package(s) you wish to process (or `all' to process all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

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   TAS for Solaris comes bundled with the optional TASDCE package. You must install TAS before installing TASDCE. Locate the TASDCE package in the /cdrom/totalnet_advanced_server/opt/solaris2_5_1/sparc directory. To install TASDCE, follow instructions in TAS-DCE Manual, which you can access by clicking Documentation in the TotalAdmin menu frame of TNAS.

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4. Select the packages you wish to install. Answer yes to all prompts for the remainder of the installation.

5. Quit the pkgadd program.

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   Note -

   If you have steps to finish in Chapter 2, Upgrading, go back to Step 9 in your upgrading section at this point.

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6. Read Chapter 7, General TAS Issues.

7. Connect to TNAS and administer TAS by following the instructions in "Connecting to TNAS and Accessing Documentation".

   You must complete initial setup to enable TAS services. You do not need to complete initial setup to upgrade.

Installation Issue: NetWare Internal Network Number

In the NetWare realm, TAS sets the internal network number to the system's host ID by default. This network number cannot consist of all zeroes or contain more than eight digits. If your host ID consists of all zeroes or contains more than eight digits, change your network number to a unique number that conforms to these restrictions.