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Configuring the network, Phase 1 - Configuring the server's IP address

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○ Terminal Services Manager To create the client installation diskettes: 1. Double-click Terminal Services Client Creator. 2. Select the appropriate client type for your environment. 3. Click Format disk if needed. 4. Check the number of disks required and label them as Terminal Services for [...] Disk [x/y]. 5. Click OK to proceed. 6. Follow the on-screen instructions to create the diskette copies. 7. Click OK at the [y] floppies were created... screen. 8. Click Cancel to close the Create Installation Disks utility. Section 5. Configuring the network Phase 1 - Configuring the server's IP address During the installation process, the system was configured to use DHCP. If no DHCP server is found on the network, the system autoconfigures a random IP address to start functioning. It is important that you configure the proper IP address to be able to communicate with the clients. 1. Right-click My Network Places | Properties, then double-click Local Area Connection on your server. NOTE: If your ProLiant server hosts several network adapters, the window shows one local area connection (LAN) icon for each network adapter present in the system. Identify the proper adapter by browsing each one. 2. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) | Properties | Use the following IP address. 3. Enter an appropriate IP address. 4. Click OK to continue, and then OK again to close the Local Area Connection Properties window. 5. Click Yes to restart your server and apply these settings. Phase 2 - Attaching clients to the network and testing the network link 1. Create a new folder in your server's hard drive and set is as a shared folder (right-click the folder, then select Sharing...). 2. Create users using the Windows [NOS version] Computer Management utility. To open the utility, click Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | System Tools | Local Users and Groups | Users. 3. Connect the client PCs to the network your ProLiant server operates on. 4. Open a command prompt window to verify the TCP/IP configuration and enter the command: ipconfig /all 5. To verify the server and clients can communicate properly: ○ From one of the clients, open a command prompt and type: ping computername where computername is the server name you entered during the Windows NOS installation. You should get four replies from your new server. If there is a connection problem, you must fix it before going any further. System BIOS configuration 43

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System BIOS configuration 43
○
Terminal Services Manager
To create the client installation diskettes:
1.
Double-click
Terminal Services Client Creator
.
2.
Select the appropriate client type for your environment.
3.
Click
Format disk
if needed.
4.
Check the number of disks required and label them as Terminal Services for […] Disk [x/y].
5.
Click
OK
to proceed.
6.
Follow the on-screen instructions to create the diskette copies.
7.
Click
OK
at the [y] floppies were created… screen.
8.
Click
Cancel
to close the Create Installation Disks utility.
Section 5. Configuring the network
Phase 1 - Configuring the server’s IP address
During the installation process, the system was configured to use DHCP. If no DHCP server is found on
the network, the system autoconfigures a random IP address to start functioning. It is important that
you configure the proper IP address to be able to communicate with the clients.
1.
Right-click My
Network Places | Properties
, then double-click
Local Area Connection
on your
server.
NOTE:
If your ProLiant server hosts several network adapters, the window shows one local
area connection (LAN) icon for each network adapter present in the system. Identify the proper
adapter by browsing each one.
2.
Click
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) | Properties | Use the following IP address
.
3.
Enter an appropriate IP address.
4.
Click
OK
to continue, and then
OK
again to close the Local Area Connection Properties window.
5.
Click
Yes
to restart your server and apply these settings.
Phase 2 - Attaching clients to the network and testing the network link
1.
Create a new folder in your server’s hard drive and set is as a shared folder (right-click the
folder, then select
Sharing
…).
2.
Create users using the Windows [NOS version] Computer Management utility.
To open the
utility, click
Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | System Tools |
Local Users and Groups | Users
.
3.
Connect the client PCs to the network your ProLiant server operates on.
4.
Open a command prompt window to verify the TCP/IP configuration and enter the command:
ipconfig /all
5.
To verify the server and clients can communicate properly:
○
From one of the clients, open a command prompt and type:
ping computername
where computername is the server name you entered during the Windows NOS installation.
You should get four replies from your new server. If there is a connection problem, you must
fix it before going any further.