Novell EDIRECTORY 8.8 SP1 Installation Manual

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84 Novell eDirectory 8.8 Installation Guidenovdocx (en) 6 April 2007When 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.The package containing NICI 2.7 is named NOVLniu0-2.7 on AIX. For more information,refer to Section 5.6.3, “Installing NICI,” on page 87. If you have more than one server in the tree, the time on all the network servers should besynchronized.Use Network Time Protocol's (NTP) xntpd.nlm to synchronize time. If you want tosynchronize time on Linux, Solaris, AIX, or HP-UX systems with NetWare® servers, usetimesync.nlm 5.09 or later. (Conditional) If you are installing a secondary server, all the replicas in the partition that youinstall the product on should be in the On state. (Conditional) If you are installing a secondary server into an existing tree as a nonadministratoruser, ensure that you have the following rights: Supervisor rights to the container the server is being installed into. Supervisor rights to the partition where you want to add the server.NOTE: This is required for adding the replica when the replica count is less than 3. 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. (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 AddressRefer to “Configuring Static IP Address” on page 12 for more information on configuring static IPaddresses.5.3 Hardware RequirementsHardware requirements depend on the specific implementation of eDirectory.For example, a base installation of Novell eDirectory with the standard schema requires about 74MB of disk space for every 50,000 users. However, if you add a new set of attributes or completelyfill in every existing attribute, the object size grows. These additions affect the disk space, processor,and memory needed.Two factors increase performance: more cache memory and faster processors.For best results, cache as much of the DIB Set as the hardware allows.eDirectory scales well on a single processor. However, eDirectory 8.8 takes advantage of multipleprocessors. Adding processors improves performance in some areas—for example, logins and