Gathering Critical Information For Design Activities; Design Criteria/Decisions; Decisions To Make Before Installing The Primary Server; Section 3.1, "Design Criteria/Decisions - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual

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After you have created your high-level design, you need to gather additional information to help you
design your specific implementation. Introducing Novell
into an environment involves the efforts, considerations, and input from multiple sources.
The following sections highlight the major areas of concern:
Section 3.1, "Design Criteria/Decisions," on page 21
Section 3.2, "Scalability of the Primary Server," on page 25
Section 3.3, "Scalability of Satellite Devices," on page 30
Section 3.4, "Scalability, Fault Tolerance, Maintenance, and Sizing of the Database Server," on
page 34
Section 3.5, "Virtualization Considerations," on page 37
Section 3.6, "Ports Used by ZENworks Components," on page 38
Section 3.7, "Network Considerations," on page 40

3.1 Design Criteria/Decisions

A fundamental objective of a design is to balance the need for hardware while easing the load on the
customer's network during deployments.
The following sections contain more information:
Section 3.1.1, "Decisions to Make Before Installing the Primary Server," on page 21
Section 3.1.2, "Infrastructure Placement," on page 24
Section 3.1.3, "Infrastructure Scale Assumptions," on page 25

3.1.1 Decisions to Make Before Installing the Primary Server

A number of decisions should be made before installing the first ZENworks Primary Server.
The following sections contain more information:
"Required Functionality" on page 22
"Certificate Authority" on page 22
"Management Structure" on page 22
"Application Store" on page 22
"Staging and Grouping" on page 23
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