Preface


The iPlanet™ Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Installation Guide provides overview information and instructions for installing the iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack 3.0 software, which enables your portal site users to access your portal's content from their mobile devices.

Who Should Use This Book

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System administrators who are installing the Mobile Access Pack software should already be familiar with iPlanet™ Portal Server 3.0, Service Pack 3a.

If you plan to use the iPlanet Messaging Server to offer mail and address book to your mobile device user and the iPlanet Calendar Server to offer calendar to your mobile device users, you should already be familiar with:

• iPlanet™ Messaging Server 5.1

• iPlanet™ Calendar Server 5.0p3

Familiarity with basic UNIX system administration and networking is assumed.

How This Book Is Organized

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This book contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the installation and describes system requirements and configuration.

Chapter 2 contains Mobile Access Pack installation procedures and instructions for required post-installation tasks.

Chapter 3 contains instructions for removing the Mobile Access Pack software.

Documentation

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Mobile Access Pack documentation includes:

• iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Release Notes

• iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Installation Guide (this book)

• iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Administration Guide

• iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Programmer's Guide

The release notes, installation guide, administration guide, and programmer's guide are online in PDF and HTML formats. To find these documents, use this URL:

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

The documents are under the heading iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack 3.0.

Supported Third-Party Software

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For information on third-party software supported by the Mobile Access Pack server, go to this URL:

http://www.iplanet.com/downloads

Typographic Conventions

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The text in this book uses the following typographic styles:

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files.
AaBbCc123	On-screen computer input	Type exit at the command prompt.
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder, to be replaced with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read the User's Guide. These are called class options.