Server Installation Steps - Extreme Networks Ridgeline Installation Manual

You can use any port numbers (numbers between 1024 and 65535 are recommended), except port
numbers already in use by another process, or ports 514, 3873, 8083, 10550, 10554, 10555, and 10556,
which are used by Ridgeline for internal functions. During the installation process, if you specify a port
that Ridgeline uses internally, you are prompted to select a different port number.
If you intend to keep multiple versions of the Ridgeline server on the same computer, to avoid a port
conflict each Ridgeline server must be configured to use a unique port number to communicate with the
database, or all but one of the Ridgeline servers must be disabled.
NOTE
Extreme Networks recommends that you choose port numbers that are not currently registered at Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). To check if a port number is registered, go to
numbers.html.
Within the installation procedure you can choose to do the following:
Enable automatic information updates, allowing Ridgeline to connect to the Extreme web site when
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you start the Ridgeline client, and once every 24 hours thereafter to obtain a list of the current
ExtremeWare and ExtremeXOS releases as well as the latest Ridgeline patches.
Start the Ridgeline database and server components manually at system startup (in Windows).
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Restart your system to start the Ridgeline database and server.
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After your installation is complete, you must run the License Manager to install your Ridgeline license
key(s). Clients will not be able to connect to the Ridgeline server until that is done.
NOTE
Prior to installing Ridgeline, make sure the system where you are installing the software is DNS-resolvable
and accessible both by IP address and by hostname from all machines where the Ridgeline client will be launched.
If it is not, add an entry for the system in the local DNS server or the hosts file on the client machines.

Server Installation Steps

To install the Ridgeline server do the following:
1 Download the Ridgeline 3.0 server software for your chosen platform (Windows, Linux or Solaris)
from the Extreme Networks software download page, and extract the contents of the zip or tar file
into a temporary directory.
or
Insert the Ridgeline server installation CD into your CD drive.
2 If you are installing from CD, you will find three installation executables, one for each platform
(Windows, Linux, and Solaris). If you downloaded from the web site, only the executable for your
platform will be included.
3 Start the installation wizard as follows:
For Windows, run
Ridgeline_3-0_win32.exe
version of the operating system.
Ridgeline Installation and Upgrade Guide
or
Ridgeline_3-0_win64.exe
Installing the Ridgeline Server
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