Network Requirements - Neoware e140 - Thin Client User Manual

Installing Image Manager Components
Network
Requirements
22 System Requirements
service packs, patches, updates and hotfixes are applied to the server
operating system.
A server class Network Adapter is recommended for the Image
Manager server network card. You should install the latest NIC
(Network Interface Card) drivers for the NICs in the server, which
are usually available from the NIC manufacturer web site. These
drivers are usually more efficient than the drivers shipped with Win-
dows XP/2000. (On a Windows 2000 server with 3C905C-TX-M,
the Neoware Image Manager system is twice as fast with 3Com's
NIC drivers than with the NIC drivers shipped with Windows 2000.)
When using multiple clients booting off a single server, a perfor-
mance bottleneck may occur during network and server hard drive
data transfers. It is therefore recommended that you use the fastest
hard drives and hard disk controllers available, and to have as much
RAM as possible in the server to improve disk caching. Having sev-
eral hard disk drives in the server can also help increase perfor-
mance. If there is a RAID adapter in the server, we recommend that
you use RAID 1 instead of RAID 5.
Ethernet 100 Mb/S or better.
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Ethernet Switching.
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A computer running DHCP service and a computer running
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TFTP service. (This computer can be the same as the Neoware
Image Manager server, another single computer, or two separate
computers.)
Switches are preferable to hubs. It is recommended that you enable
full duplex communication and flow control. Clients and server must
be able to send and receive DHCP packets from and to each other.
TCP/IP connectivity between the server and the clients must be
established.
A configurable DHCP (or BOOTP) service must be available on
your network. For example, MS-DHCP Server for Windows Server
NT/2000/2003, freeware TFTPD32 that includes a DHCP service. If