Other Technical Requirements - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.0 - INSTALLATION AND MIGRATION GUIDE Installation And Migration Manual

Other Technical Requirements

• Netscape Communicator 4.79 or higher, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or
higher.
• If you are using Internet Explorer, you need to set your browser to check for a
new version of a page every time you access it. To configure this setting, from
the View menu, choose Internet Options. On the General tab, in the Temporary
Internet Files section, click Settings. Click the radio button to check for newer
versions of stored pages every visit to the page.
• Java and cookies enabled in your browser.
• If you intend to use hostnames during the Enterprise Server installation, DNS
properly configured with an entry for your server in a DNS server.
• A static IP address on your machine.
• A Java Development Kit (JDK), also known as a Java 2 Software Development
Kit (SDK) installed on your system if you plan to use uncompiled Java Server
Pages (JSPs). Enterprise Server for Windows NT requires JDK 1.2.2. For more
information, see "Installing a Java Developer's Kit," on page 21.
Other Technical Requirements
Once you have the proper hardware and software necessary to install Enterprise
Server, you should make sure that you meet the following requirements:
• You know the host name and IP address of your server computer.
• Your server has a DNS alias. For information on creating a DNS alias for your
server, see "Enterprise ServerCreating a DNS Alias for the Server" on page 15.
• Your server has a user account on UNIX, Linux, or NT. See "UNIX and Linux
User Accounts for the Server," on page 15 or "Windows NT User Accounts for
the Server," on page 16 for more information.
• You have two port numbers - one for the Administration Server and the other
for the first server instance. For information on choosing port numbers for your
server, see "Choosing Unique Port Numbers" on page 17.
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