Getting Started with Symposium Agent Reporting Standard 2.052 Nortel Networks Symposium AgentDefining an ODBC System DSNBecause the Symposium Agent database is ODBC-compliant, the PC from whichyou access it must have ODBC installed. It must also have a System DSN definedfor Sybase.Note: Nortel Networks does not install ODBC software or setup a System DSNon client machines.To install ODBCODBC should already be installed on your PC. However, if ODBC is notinstalled, then do the following.1 Install ODBC.ODBC is part of the Microsoft Database Access Components (MDAC). It is usuallyinstalled with Microsoft Windows. See the SA installation guide for the MDAC versionto install. You can find a copy of MDAC (mdac_typi.exe) in theNortel\Server\SASWDist folder on the SA server.To create a System DSN for Sybase1 From the Control Panel click on ODBC Data Sources. Select the System DSN tab.
