Novell EDIRECTORY 8.8 SP1 Installation Manual

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12 Novell eDirectory 8.8 Installation Guidenovdocx (en) 6 April 2007Novell eDirectory 8.8? (http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?10099872.htm) It isalso highly recommended to backup eDirectory prior to any upgrades. If you are installing into an eDirectory tree that has NetWare and Windows servers, eachNetWare server must be running: NetWare 5.1 with Support Pack 8 (http://support.novell.com/filefinder/9331/index.html)or later NetWare 6.0 with Support Pack 5 (http://support.novell.com/filefinder/13659/index.html)or later NetWare 6.5 with Support Pack 3 (http://support.novell.com/filefinder/18197/index.html)or laterEach Windows server must be running eDirectory 8.7.3 or later. (Conditional) NICI 2.7 and eDirectory 8.8 support key sizes up to 4096 bits. If you want to usea 4 KB key size, every server must be upgraded to eDirectory 8.8. In addition, everyworkstation using the management utilities, for example, iManager and ConsoleOne, musthave NICI 2.7 installed on it.When you upgrade your Certificate Authority (CA) server to eDirectory 8.8, the key size willnot change; it will be 2 KB. The only way to create a 4 KB key size is recreate the CA on aneDirectory 8.8 server. In addition, you would have to change the default from 2 KB to 4 KB forthe key size, during the CA creation. (Conditional) If you are upgrading a NetWare server as a nonadministrator user, ensure that youhave met the following prerequisites: A NetWare server in the eDirectory 8.8 tree installed as the tree adminEnsure that you have the following rights: Supervisor rights to the container the server is being installed into. All Attributes rights: read, compare, and write rights over the W0.KAP.Security object. Entry rights: browse rights over Security container object. All Attributes rights: read and compare rights over Security container object.As a nonadministrator user, you can only upgrade a NetWare server. (Conditional) If you are installing a secondary server into an existing tree as a nonadministratoruser, ensure that at least one of the servers in the tree has the same or higher eDirectory versionas that of the secondary being added as container admin. In case the secondary being added isof later version, then the schema needs to be extended by the admin of the tree before addingthe secondary using container admin.Configuring Static IP AddressStatic IP address must be configured on the server for the eDirectory to perform efficiently.Configuring eDirectory on the servers with DHCP address can lead to unpredictable results.1.3 Hardware RequirementsHardware requirements depend on the specific implementation of eDirectory.For example, a base installation of eDirectory with the standard schema requires about 74 MB ofdisk space for every 50,000 users. However, if you add a new set of attributes or completely fill in