Netscape Directory Server Installation Notes
4.13
Last Updated: 1/17/2002
This server is subject to the terms detailed in the
license agreement file, license.txt.
These installation notes include the following
information:
For More Information
For late-breaking news and information on the Directory
Server, please see the release notes for this release. You can find the
latest copy of the release notes at:
http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/directory/413/relnotes.html
Platform Requirements
This release of the Directory Server is supported
on the following platforms with the noted requirements:
- Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 8 (32-bit OS mode with the Sun recommended patch set)
- Solaris 8 (64-bit OS mode running in compatability/emulation mode)
- HP-UX 11.00 with the noted restrictions/recommendations.
- IBM AIX 4.3.2 and 4.3.3
- Compaq Tru64 4.0D and 4.0F
- Redhat Linux 6.0 (Including kernel 2.2.5 and glibc 2.1.1)
- NT 4.0 with service packs 5 or 6a
On all platforms, 64 MB of RAM is required to run
Directory Server 4.13. More memory is required for large directory sizes.
When configuring the Directory Server cache values
keep in mind the following formula:
(dbcachesize * 1.25 ) + (cachesize * avg. size of entry * #CPUs) < available
memory
A minimal installation of the Directory Server
requires 200 MB of disk space. More disk space is required as your directory
size (and therefore your database) grows.
As of this release, the graphical user interface for the server is provided
through a Java application called the Netscape Console. The Netscape Console
runs on all platforms supported by the server, as well as on Windows 95.
A stand-alone installation of the console requires 64 MB of memory and
40 MB of disk space.
HP-UX Recommendations
Please use the following patches when running Directory Server 4.13 on
HP-UX 11.00:
-
PHCO_20765 libc cumulative patch
-
PHKL_20202 Fix pthread error return, nfs/tcp panic
-
PHKL_18543 PM/VM/UFS/async/scsi/io/DMAPI/JFS/perf patch
-
PHCO_22453 fsck_vxfs(1M) cumulative patch
-
PHCO_21187 cumulative SAM/ObAM patch
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PHKL_22589 LOFS, select(), IDS/9000 and umount race fix
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PHKL_20674 fix VxFS unmount hang & MMF, sync panics
-
PHCO_19666 libpthreads cumulative patch
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PHSS_21906 aC++ runtime libraries (aCC A.03.26)
-
PHNE_21767 cumulative ARPA Transport patch
-
XSWGR1100 General Release Bundle (Sept 2000 or latest)
-
You should upgrade to patch PHNE_21767 if you already
have patch PHNE_16283 installed.
Also, please set your kernel parameters as follows:
-
Make sure the maxdsiz kernel parameter is at least
[ (dbcachesize * 1.25) + (cachesize * average size of entries
* #CPUs) ]. Note that the default value
for dbcachesize is 10 MB and for cachesize is 1000. If you are running
on a single CPU machine and your average directory entry size is 10 KB,
then make sure your maxdsiz is at least [(10,000,000*1.25) + (1,000*10,000*1)],
which is equivalent to 22.5 MB.
-
Set max_thread_proc
(max number of threads per process) to128
-
Set ncallout (max
number of pending timeouts) to 128+NPROC
-
set maxfiles to at
least 120.
Refer to HPs documentation for further information and recommendations
about setting these parameters.
Server Installation
Directory Server installation is described in detail
in the Netscape Directory Server Installation Guide.
Note. All manuals and online help for this
4.13 patch release are the same as the documentation set delivered with
Directory Server 4.1.
The Installation Guide is available in PDF and
HTML from the following locations:
In HTML:
http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/directory/41/install/contents.htm
In PDF (100 pages):
http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/directory/41/install/install.pdf