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Preparing the RIS Server
This chapter provides the steps you must follow to prepare a RIS server.
These steps include the following:
1. Review RIS server/client version compatibility. (Section 3.1)
2. Plan disk space for RIS. (Section 3.2)
3. Install the operating system on the RIS server. (Section 3.3)
4. Set up a local area network. (Section 3.4)
5. Load and register the server extensions license. (Section 3.5)
6. If necessary, prepare RIS for running on a server that has C2 security
enabled. (Section 3.6)
3.1 Reviewing RIS Server/Client Version Compatibility
This section only applies if you are installing a new version of the operating
system into a RIS environment on a server that is running a previous version
of the operating system. If not, go to section Section 3.2.
Perform the following steps to install the operating system into a RIS
environment on a RIS server running a previous version of the operating
system:
1. Log in to the RIS server as root, or use the su command to gain
superuser privileges.
2. Mount the distribution media. For example, if your distribution media
is a CD-ROM:
• If you are using an older version of the operating system that uses
traditional device naming conventions (/dev/rrzNc), use a mount
command similar to the following example:
# mount -rd /dev/rz4c /mnt
The previous example uses a CD−ROM drive that is unit 4 and
specifies /mnt as the mount point; if your drive is a different unit,
substitute the device special file name for that unit.
The CD-ROM drive’s unit number is 4, and in this example is
/dev/rrz4c.
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