To use iFolder™, your workstation must meet the prerequisites discussed in the following sections:
The iFolder client requires the following minimum hardware:
For each workstation:
At least enough space on your hard drive to download and install the iFolder client for your system
A network adapter
A network connection
When working with a Novell® iFolder® 3.x enterprise server, workstations can use static or dynamic IP addresses
The iFolder client supports the following workstation operating systems:
Novell Linux Desktop 9 (requires the Mono® framework)
The Mono modules you need for this release are included in the iFolder install file. For information, see Section 5.1.3, Mono.
Windows 2000/XP with the latest Microsoft® .NET 1.1 support patches
Make sure you have installed the latest critical updates for your operating system and for .NET 1.1. See the Windows Update Web site.
Macintosh OS X v10.3 and later (requires the Mono framework)
The Mono modules you need for this release are included in the iFolder install file. For information, see Section 5.1.3, Mono.
For a Linux or Macintosh workstation, the iFolder client requires the Mono framework. Mono is a development platform for running and developing modern applications. Based on the ECMA/ISO Standards, Mono can run existing programs that target the .NET or Java frameworks. The Mono Project is an open source effort led by Novell and is the foundation for many new applications. For information about Mono, see the Mono Project Web site.
When you install the iFolder client for Linux and Macintosh, you must also install Mono as a dependent application for iFolder. The required version of Mono is packaged in the iFolder client installation file that you download from the iFolder server. (For information, see Section 5.2, Downloading the iFolder Client Install Files.) The following table lists the versions of Mono used in the different iFolder releases on Linux and Macintosh:
IMPORTANT:Make sure to use the required version of Mono. If you have a different version of Mono on your Linux or Macintosh computer, uninstall it before you install iFolder and the required version of Mono.
The iFolder client for Linux or Macintosh supports only the version of Mono included in the install software. If you need to upgrade Mono for another reason, please check the iFolder 3.x online documentation to see if we explicitly support that Mono version and to learn any necessary steps to make the upgrade work correctly. For information, see the latest version of the iFolder 3.x Readme on the Novell iFolder 3.x Documentation Web site.
You need one of the following supported Web browsers on your client computers:
Mozilla* Firefox*
Microsoft* Internet Explorer
Safari (on Macintosh)
Novell iFolder 3.x servers expect users to connect to the enterprise server account and the Web access server with SSL 3.0 connections. Both the client and browser connections use the browser’s settings for SSL. If Microsoft* IE is installed on your system, the iFolder client uses those settings over any other browser configuration for the client. Make sure the IE browser settings and other browsers you use to connect to iFolder servers are configured to use SSL 3.0.
An active network connection is necessary to synchronize files in your iFolders. Your computer must be active and online for access to and synchronization with any enterprise servers where you have iFolder accounts.
Contact your iFolder administrator to get the server IP address or DNS name of the Novell iFolder 3.x enterprise server for your iFolder account. For example, 192.168.1.1 or ifolder3.example.com.
Contact your iFolder administrator to get the URL with the server IP address or DNS name of the Novell iFolder 3.x Web Access server for your iFolder account. For example, http://192.168.1.1/ifolder or http://ifolder3.example.com/ifolder.