The iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for R/3 Administrator's Guide explains how to get started with, install, manage, and configure the iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for R/3.

This preface contains information about the following topics:

• Prerequisites

• Supported Platforms

• System Requirements

• What's in This Guide

• Documentation Conventions

• Online Guide

• Related Information

Prerequisites

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The iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for R/3 Administrator's Guide is written for system administrators who want to install, manage and configure the R/3 connector.

The guide assumes you are familiar with the following topics:

• iPlanet Application Server Programming Concepts

  See the iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for R/3 Developer's Guide for more details.

• The Internet and the World Wide Web

• R/3 Programming Concepts

• Java Programming Language

Supported Platforms

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The iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for R/3 supports the following platforms:

Vendor	Platform
Microsoft	Windows NT version 4.0 with Service Pack 5
Sun	Sun SPARC running Solaris 2.6

System Requirements

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To install the iPlanet Application Server for R/3 your system must have the following:

• iPlanet Application Server Version 6.0 installed

• iPlanet Unified Integration Framework (UIF) Version 6.0 installed

• Available disk space : 200 MB for NT, 400 MB for Solaris

• Memory per CPU: 64MB minimum; 128MB recommended

What's in This Guide

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The iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for R/3 Administrator's Guide provides the information you need to understand, set up, and administer all aspects of the iPlanet Application Enterprise Connector Server for R/3.

The following table lists a short summary of what each chapter covers:

See this chapter:	If you want to do this:
Chapter 1 "Overview"	Familiarize yourself with general concepts of the iPlanet Application Server Connector for R/3.
Chapter 2 "Installation"	Install the connector.
Chapter 3 "Managing Data"	Manage the data sources and data objects.
Chapter 4 "Configuring the Application"	Configure the system and pooling settings.

Documentation Conventions

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File and directory paths are given in Windows format with backslashes separating directory names. For Unix versions, the directory paths are the same, except slashes should be substituted in place of backslashes.

This guide uses URLs of the form:

http://server.domain/path/file.html

In these URLs, server is the name of the server on which you run your application; domain is your Internet domain name; path is the directory structure on the server; and file is an individual filename. Italics items in URLs are placeholders.

This guide uses the following font conventions:

• The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), file names, pathnames, directory names, and HTML tags.

• Italic type is used for book titles, emphasis, variables and placeholders, and words used in the literal sense.

Online Guide

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You can find the iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for R/3 Administrator's Guide online in PDF and HTML formats. To locate these files, use the following URL:

http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/

Related Information

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In addition to this guide, there is additional information available for administrators, end users and developers. The following lists these documents:

• iPlanet Application Server Enterprise Connector for R/3 Developer's Guide

• iPlanet Web Server Developer's Guide

• iPlanet Application Server Administrator's Guide

• iPlanet Application Server Installation Guide

• iPlanet Application Server Overview Guide

• iPlanet Application Server Release Notes

• iPlanet Application Server Administrator's Guide

• iPlanet Appliation Builder User's Guide

• iPlanet Appliation Builder Installation Guide

• iPlanet Appliation Builder Release Notes

• Unified Integration Framework (UIF) Release Notes

• Unified Integration Framework (UIF) Developer's Guide