The management components used by Entire Net-Work 7 are the System Management Hub (SMH) and the Software AG Directory Server. These components:
Must be installed on a machine in your network that can be accessed by all machines where Entire Net-Work will be installed (both Entire Net-Work Server and Entire Net-Work Client). They should be installed on a dedicated system that is operational 24 hours a day, with a UPS.
Can be installed together on the same machine or individually on separate machines. To reduce resource consumption, Software AG recommends that you install them on the same machine.
Once these management components are installed, you should not need to configure them much for Entire Net-Work. The defaults supplied in the Entire Net-Work installations of these components should work for most organizations. This is especially true of the Directory Server settings in SMH.
Once the appropriate management components, servers, and clients are installed and appropriate Kernels are defined, we recommend that you try to use Entire Net-Work in a test environment prior to attempting to configure it further.
This document covers the following topics:
Only one System Management Hub (SMH) should be installed in your enterprise. It can be used to manage all Software AG products that use it. However, if you elect to install SMH while running a Entire Net-Work Client or Entire Net-Work Server installation, the installation automatically checks to see if SMH is already installed on the machine and will either update the installed version or perform a new installation of SMH. It will also install the SMH agents specific to Entire Net-Work (one agent is required for Entire Net-Work Client and one is required for Entire Net-Work Server).
If SMH has already been installed in your enterprise, you still need to run the SMH installations supplied with the Entire Net-Work Client and Entire Net-Work Server installations on the machine where SMH is installed to ensure that the Entire Net-Work Client or Entire Net-Work Server SMH agents get installed. Prompts to install the SMH agents are provided during the Entire Net-Work Client and Entire Net-Work Server installations.
The use of an X-terminal or suitable software emulator is recommended for a UNIX installation of SMH. This way, if SMH is installed on a UNIX system, it can be accessed from any suitable Web browser on both Windows or UNIX systems. Software AG does not recommend a particular Web Browser for UNIX use.
Note:
When installing SMH, other Software AG internal components may also be
installed (if they have not already been installed by another Software AG
product). SMH cannot run without these internal products.
One or more Directory Servers can be installed in your enterprise although Software AG recommends that you use only one Directory Server in your enterprise. However, if you elect to install more than one, remember:
You will have to manage and administer multiple Directory Server configurations.
You will need to be very careful about which Directory Server you select to use in your installations of Entire Net-Work Client and Entire Net-Work Server -- especially if other Directory Servers have been installed by other Software AG products.
As you are restricted to a single pointer to a Directory Server in your DNS (via its SAGXTSDSHOST and SAGXTSDSPORT entries), all systems required to use a different Directory Server must be redirected using local, manual, administration. For more information on this manual administration, contact your Software AG technical support representative.
Software AG has registered port number 4952 with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use by the Software AG Directory Server. You are not required to use this port number for the Directory Server and can change it. For complete information on the port used by the Directory Server, read The Directory Server Port Number.
To verify the existence of the Software AG Directory Server, check with your system administrator.
If you decide to install a Directory Server on the current machine during the installation of Entire Net-Work Client or Entire Net-Work Server, select the Custom installation type and selecting Directory Server.
If SMH has already been installed in your enterprise, you still need to run the SMH installation supplied with the Software AG Directory Server installation on the machine where SMH is installed to ensure that the Software AG Directory Server SMH agents get installed. Prompts to install the SMH agents are provided during the Software AG Directory Server installation.
