HOMEBASE SOLUTION © INDIGO STONE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED COMMISIONING GUIDE ii
HOMEBASE SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE Document Change Control Title : Author : Software Release : Doc ument I s s u e version No Homebase Deployment and Commissioning Guide Lindsay Braine Homebase –version 5.3.1 Related s o f tw ar e version Date Issued Ch ang es Ma de Ac tion ed By Au thor ised By I n i t ia l d oc u men t L Br aine J Smith L Br aine J Smith 1 1 5.3 1 7- F eb- 06 1 2 5.3 2 6- Apr- 06 Up da tes pos t r e vi ew Indigo Stone International Ltd The New Mill.
HOMEBASE SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE Table of Contents D oc um en t C h ang e C on tr o l ......................................................................... iii T ab le o f C o n ten ts ..................................................................................... iv 1 In tr od uction ........................................................................................ 1 1.1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE 1 1.3 TYPOGRAPHICAL CONVENTIONS 1 1.
HOMEBASE SOLUTION 1 Introduction 1.1 About this Guide COMMISIONING GUIDE T he docu me n t is des ig ned to pro vid e a fr amework o f g uidanc e an d re qu ired p rocess es for the d eplo ymen t o f a H omebase s er ver s olu tion . Th e fra mew ork inc lud es ad vice and b es t pr actice c ollec ted fr om many so urce ’s e xper ie nce in d ep lo yin g a H omebase Ser ver ne tw ork .
HOMEBASE SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE T he grea ter- than s ymb ol (>) is use d as a se par a tor wh en n aming an ite m in a m en u or s ub - me nu . F or e x am pl e , O bj ec t > N ew > U s er m ea ns t ha t y o u s ho uld selec t the User item in the New su b-menu o f the O bjec t menu . 1.4 1.
HOMEBASE 2 SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE Deployment Planning E ac h c or p or ate or gan isa t io n p lann in g a H o me base dep lo y me n t w i l l b e un iq ue . T he orga nis a t io na l s tr uc t ure w i ll b e un iq ue a nd a n y IT s e r vers d ep lo y ed to s u p p o r t t h e o r g a n is a tio n w i l l b y n e c e s s i t y , a ls o , b e u n i q u e .
HOMEBASE 3 SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE Deployment Guidance 3.1 Introduction C r i t ica l to th e s uc c es s o f dep lo y in g a H o meb as e s o lu t io n w i t hi n a b us i ness is u nde rs tan ding and plan ning fo r th e de plo ymen t p rocess . T he dep lo ymen t p l an sh ou ld co ns ide r an d make allowa nces fo r: 1 . Un ders tand in g the Ho me base pr ofile r epos itor y. 2 . T he ph ys ica l loc a t io n o f t he s er ve r s t o be c o v er e d b y H o me base 3 .
HOMEBASE SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE W h en lic ens ing a s er ve r t o e xec ute a H om eb as e a gen t i ns ta l la t ion i t is c r i t ica l t h a t the c or r ec t l oc a t io n an d s i t e i n fo r ma t ion is p r o v ide d to th e ag en t i ns ta l la tion w izar d . As th is in for ma tio n is tied to the gen era ted lice nse ke y an y e rror or cha nge w i ll re qu ire new lic enses to be issued .
HOMEBASE SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE T he pro f il e i s trans m i tte d to th e n ear es t S MT P Ma i l Tra ns po r t A ge n t ( M T A) w h ich is r es p ons ib le fo r r e la y ing t h a t S MT P E m ai l to th e e ve n tual des t in a ti on Ho me base .
HOMEBASE SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE o r FDD I typ e in ter faces w i ll provide improve d ne tw ork b andw id th and red uce t h e i mp ac t o f t he p er fo r ma nce p inc h po in t . If th e Home base s er ve r is to s tor e UN IX pro files fo r rec o ver y pur poses the p e r fo r ma n c e o f the n e t w o r k a d a p t e r s w i l l b e c r i tic a l t o t h e p e r f o r m a n c e o f th e r eco ver y proc ess .
HOMEBASE SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE As the nu mb er o f se r ve rs trans mitting pro files grows , so mus t the por t r ange sp ecifie d . F a ilure to inc reas e the por t r ange w i ll c ause H omebase age n ts to b ac k - o f f tra ns m iss ion a nd , i f c onfi gu r ed t o d o s o , r e t r y a t a l a ter d a te .
HOMEBASE 4 SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE Validating a Homebase Installation I n t his s ec ti on w e pr ovi de s om e a dd i ti ona l in f or m a ti on t h a t c an be us ed to v a l ida t e the c on f igu r ati on o f you H o me base s e r ver d ep lo y me n t. Thi s i n for ma t io n is b y n o me ans e xhaus tive ; r a the r it is pr ovide d to a id the d ep loymen t e ng in eer i n va l ida t ing t he c o n fig ura t io n pro duce d . 4.
HOMEBASE SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE 2 2 0 -H o meb a s e S MTP S er v er 2 2 0 -( c ) I n d ig o St o n e I nte r n at i ona l Li m ite d , 2 0 05 2 2 0 C o nne c t ed to s e rv e r o n : 2 5 Ap r i l 2 006 1 4: 0 1:4 8 BS T T y pe qu i t t o r e tur n to t he c o mm an d pro mp t ( no te t ha t t he q ui t c o mm and m a y n o t be echo ed to the scr een) .
HOMEBASE SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE T he co n sol e . lo g f ile pro v id es h ig h- le ve l o u tpu t on th e func t io na l e x ecu t ion o f H o me base . T he a v erag e s ys tem a dm in is tr a to r ma y f in d t h is in for ma t io n use f ul i f t r y in g t o de t er m in e w h e the r H om eb as e is p er for m ing c or r ec t l y . - e r r or . log T he er r or. l o g fi le pr o vi des a ve r y v er b ose ou tp u t o f a n y err or s t h a t oc c ur d ur ing the e xecu tion o f H omebase .
HOMEBASE 5 SOLUTION COMMISIONING GUIDE Obtaining Help I n ord er to r es o l ve pr ob le ms th a t m a y ar ise w i th th e use o f the U R M t oo l s et , a h elpdesk has bee n set u p to track a nd mana ge p rob lem reso lu tion . 5.1 Contacting the Helpdesk Via the Internet T he he lpd es k c a n be acc es s ed fr om th e Ind ig o S ton e w e b s i t e at www .ind ig os to ne .co m . T o e nter the he lpd esk, fo llow th e He lp desk T ick et link in th e Con tac t Us Sec tion.