The following is a list of the prerequisites for setting up the central office before initializing a Branch Office appliance. Check this list and complete any setup on your central office network prior to initialization so that you have all necessary files and access during the appliance setup.
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You must run iManager on a NetWare 6.0 or 6.5 server to enable simple passwords for all existing User objects. If you have a NetWare 6.0 server and iManager 1.5, you must be running JVM 1.3.1. If you have a NetWare 6.5 server and iManager 2.0, then JVM 1.4.1 is installed by default.
Additionally, you might have additional servers with the same configuration to
If your central office server is a NetWare 6.5 server, you should enable Universal Passwords during the installation and then deploy it. See the NetWare 6.5 Overview and Installation Guide and the NetWare 6.5 Universal Password Deployment Guide.
Universal Password enforces password policy uniformly across multiple authentication systems (such as Native File Access). Universal password also manages multiple types of password authentication methods from disparate systems. This is done by creating a common password that can be used by all protocols to authenticate users. Enabling Universal passwords correctly configures the LDAP-enabled eDirectory tree to authenticate using simple passwords.
If your central office server is NetWare 6.0 SP3 or later or NetWare 5.1 SP5 and simple passwords are not enabled currently, you can enable them. See Configuring the LDAP-enabled eDirectory Tree at the Central Office .
WARNING: If you will be logging in to the appliance for the first time using Novell Client for Windows NT/2000/XP version 4.9 or later, you must disable NMAS before logging in so that automatic user access provisioning can occur. Or, if your network does not take advantage of NMAS, you can disable it. See the Novell Client for Windows Administration Guide.
If you are running Novell eDirectory 8.7, you already have Novell iManager 1.5. If you are running eDirectory 8.6.2 SP2 on a NetWare 6.0 or 6.5 server, you must upgrade iManager. iManager 1.5 is included on the Central Office CD in the webapps directory. You must also be running Novell JVM 1.3 or later. For further instructions, see the following files:
You must also enable the iManager Base Content plug-in in order to enable simple passwords for all users. See Enabling the iManager 2.0 Base Content Plug-in (NetWare 6.5) .