Consider where and how you will install each component,
and how you will respond to the installation script prompts and
other installation decisions.
Is this a new installation, or are you replacing
a NIS driver or Fan-Out driver Platform Services installation? For
details about upgrading from the NIS driver or the Fan-Out driver,
see Section 4.0, Upgrading from Another
Driver.
How do you plan to prototype, test, and roll out
your deployment?
Do you plan to use the include/exclude
file on the connected system to limit your initial deployment to
a small number of users and groups?
If you are using AIX and want to publish password
changes, will you use PAM or LAM? (You can use both if necessary.)
AIX version 5.3 can use PAM, but previous AIX versions must
use LAM.
LAM supports only the files database type. LAM does not support
NIS and NIS+. You can do either of the following:
Upgrade to AIX 5.3.
Require users to change their passwords on the Identity
Vault.
Do you have NIS or NIS+ clients that you
want to publish password changes from?
What are the host names or IP addresses of all systems
that will participate in your configuration?
Will you use the default TCP port numbers?
Table 2-1 Default TCP Port Numbers
Purpose
TCP Port Number
Driver shim connection to Metadirectory
engine
8090
Driver shim HTTP services for log viewing
and access by remote NIS or NIS+ client PAM modules