We have bdtest1 and bdtest2 as the front end Web server, the interface to the

world. All the application data resides in bdtest3 where the Domino and DB2

databases reside. We use both Caldera eDesktop Version 2.4 and RedHat

Version 6.2 for the front end server, and for the back end server, we only use

RedHat Version 6.2.

The machines that we used are IBM Netfinity 3000 servers. These Netfinity

3000 systems have the following specifications:

  Model: 8476 20U

  Flash EEPROM level: NTKT29AUS

  BIOS Date: 02/10/00

  Processor: Pentium II 350/100 Mhz

  Memory: 192MB

  SCSI: Adaptec AHA 2940 uWB Bios 1.32S8

  Disk: IBM 8 GB

  Video Adapter: S3 Trio3D 4 MB RAM

  Network: IBM PCI Token Ring Card

2.2 Installation overview

This section provides a series of global steps that were used to install the

systems. The steps that are presented in this section can serve as either the

overview or as a checklist to perform the installation. Detailed discussion of

each step is provided in the subsequent sections.

We present the steps for the backend server first, ensuring the databases are

available for access, then the steps for the front end servers, and then verify

that the front end servers can access the backend database.

2.2.1 Installation of backend server

The backend server installation steps are:

1. Prepare the hardware and ensure that it satisfies all the required

configuration for all the software that will be used.

2. Install our chosen Linux distribution.

  Add the userID admin as a normal user.

  Become familiarized with the preferred X Window environment: KDE or

GNOME.

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