Contents


About This Guide

Prerequisite Reading
Conventions Used In This Guide
Related Information

Chapter 1 Preparing for Installation

Installation Components
Configuration Decisions

Choosing Unique Port Numbers
Creating a New Server Root
Deciding the User and Group for Your iDAR (UNIX Only)
Defining Authentication Entities
Determining the Location of the Configuration Directory
Determining the Administration Domain

Installation Process Overview

Selecting an Installation Process
Unpacking the Software

Installation Privileges

Chapter 2 Computer System Requirements

Supported Platforms
Hardware Requirements
Operating System Requirements

Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 8 Operating Systems

Disk Space Requirements
Required System Modules
Verify System Tuning

Windows NT 4.0 Server

Configuring a Machine to Run iPlanet Directory Access Router
Disk Space Requirements
Required System Modules
Installing Windows NT Server
Installing Third-Party Utilities
Install Windows Service Packs and Hotfixes
Install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a or Later
Install Hotfixes
Installing Microsoft Utilities
Ensure That the System Clock is Correct and Kept Accurate
Install TCP ISN Patch
Additional Post-Installation System Configuration
Restrict Network Services
Remove NETBIOS
Enable Port Filtering
Disable IP Routing
Disable WINS Client
Remove the OS/2 and POSIX Subsystem Keys From the Registry
Remove the OS/2 DLLs
Stop Unneeded Services
Ensure System Will Automatically Reboot on Error
Configure User Accounts
Encrypt Account Database
Event Log Configuration
Set Tuning Parameters

Chapter 3 Using Typical Installation

Using Typical Installation

Using Typical Installation on UNIX
Using Typical Installation on Windows NT

Chapter 4 Silent Installation

Using Silent Installation
Preparing Silent Installation Files

Creating Silent Installation Files
A Typical Installation
Installing the Stand-Alone iPlanet Console

Installation Directives

Silent Installation File Format
[General] Installation Directives
[Base] Installation Directives
[idarConsoleInstaller] Installation Directives

Required [idarConsoleInstaller] Installation Directives

[admin] Installation Directives

Chapter 5 Post Installation

Launching the Help System