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Managing your IBM Netfinity server with Netfinity Manager
Netfinity Manager documentation
Netfinity Manager system requirements
Netfinity Manager for OS/2 system requirements
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Hardware Maintenance Manual: Netfinity 7600 – Type 8665 Models 1RY, 2RY
The copy of Netfinity Manager that is included with ServerGuide entitles you to one
Netfinity Manager installation. You are also entitled to additional installations of
Client Services for Netfinity Manager. To use Netfinity Manager to monitor and
manage this Netfinity server, install Netfinity Manager on a system in your network
that you will use as a system-management console, and then install Client Services for
Netfinity Manager on your Netfinity server. You can also install additional copies of
Client Services for Netfinity Manager on other systems in your network. Furthermore,
additional Netfinity Manager and Client Services for Netfinity Manager licenses are
available for purchase from your IBM representative.
Online versions of all Netfinity Manager documentation are included in the Netfinity
directory on the ServerGuide Netfinity Applications CD. These documents are provided
in Adobe Acrobat format (*.PDF). For more information on included documentation,
see "Getting more information about Netfinity Manager" on page 122.
The minimum system requirements for Netfinity Manager vary based on which
supported operating system is running on your system.
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If you are installing Netfinity Manager for OS/2, see "Netfinity Manager for
OS/2 system requirements".
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If you are installing Netfinity Manager for Windows 95 (or Windows 98), see
"Netfinity Manager for Windows 95 and Windows 98 system requirements" on
page 97.
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If you are installing Netfinity Manager for Windows NT, see "Netfinity Manager
for Windows NT system requirements" on page 97.
The minimum system requirements for Netfinity Manager for OS/2 are:
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OS/2 version 3.0 or later
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Approximately 19 MB–22 MB of hard disk space (space required depends on
system configuration)
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A LAN adapter card and one or more of the following communications protocols:
— IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 version 1.2 or later (required for Netfinity Manager
with Web Enhancement)
— NetBIOS
Note: The Netfinity Manager NetBIOS requirements are three names, two
sessions, and nine network control blocks (NCBs).
— IPX
— SNA (IBM Communications Manager/2 version 1.1 only)
Note: Systems using Netfinity Manager with Microsoft SNA Server cannot
communicate with systems running the Microsoft SNA Server client.
Netfinity Manager supports only server-to-server communications
between systems running Microsoft SNA Server software. However,
Netfinity Manager systems running Microsoft SNA Server can
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