6.1 Running the NetWare Installation Program

WARNING:This installation re-images your machine. Remember to remove the Installation CD when prompted to do so at the end of the Access Gateway installation, because the system reinstalls the product if the CD remains in the drive when you reboot.

You must install the NetWare Access Gateway on a separate machine because it re-images the hard drive and sets up a soft appliance environment.

  1. Ensure that you have installed the Administration Console, and that it is running before you proceed. See Installing the Access Manager Administration Console.

  2. If a firewall separates the Access Gateway from the Administration Console, make sure the required ports are open. See When a Firewall Separates the Administration Console from a Component in the Novell Access Manager 3.0 SP4 Setup Guide.

  3. Verify that the machine meets the minimum requirements. See Section 2.6, Access Gateway Requirements.

  4. Insert the NetWare Access Gateway CD into the CD drive of your Access Gateway machine.

  5. Boot to the CD drive.

  6. Select the language for the License Agreement.

  7. Review the License Agreement, then press F10 to accept it and proceed with the installation.

  8. Specify the following network configuration information for eth0, then select Continue:

    IP Address: Specify the static IP address for the Access Gateway machine.

    Subnet Mask: Specify the subnet mask for your network. The default value is 255.255.0.0.

    Default Gateway: Specify the IP address of the gateway (IP router) for your network.

  9. Specify the following DNS information, then select Continue:

    DNS Servers: Specify the IP address of your DNS server. You can provide up to three addresses. You must specify the IP address of at least one DNS server.

    Hostname: Specify a unique host, or computer name, for the Access Gateway machine.

    Domain: Specify the domain name for your network. Your DNS server must be configured to resolve the combination of the hostname and the domain name to the Access Gateway machine.

  10. Specify the following date and time information, then select Continue.

    Timezone: From the drop-down list, select the time zone for the machine.

    Date: Inspect the date information and correct it if it is inaccurate.

    Time: Inspect the time information and correct it if it is inaccurate.

    IMPORTANT:This time must match the time on the Administration Console and the Identity Server machines. If the time is not synchronized within one minute of each other, they cannot communicate with each other.

    Network Time Protocol (NTP): Specify a server for the network time synchronization protocol. The pool.ntp.org server is entered by default.

  11. Specify the following Administration Console information, then select Continue.

    Username: Specify the name of the administrator that you set up with Administration Console.

    Password and Reenter Password: Specify the password for the Administration Console administrator.

    IP Address: Specify the IP address of the Administration Console server.

  12. Specify whether you have custom drivers that you need to load during the installation process.

    • If your machine is using standard hardware, you can select No.

    • If you are in doubt or you know you are using hardware components that are not popular items, select Yes. During the installation, you are prompted to accept the drivers for the various hardware devices in the machine. If the OS can find a driver for the device, you are prompted to accept it or load a custom driver. Custom drivers can be loaded from either a floppy drive or a flash drive.

  13. Review the selected configuration. If it is accurate, select Continue. If it is inaccurate, select Back and fix the problem.

    When you select Continue, all data currently on the machine is erased.

    About 230 modules are installed, depending upon your hardware. The machine reboots, then the following message appears:

    Importing into the Administration Console...Please wait.

  14. Remove the CD.

  15. (Optional) To verify the installation of the Access Gateway, log in to Administration Console (see Section 3.2, Logging In to the Administration Console), then click Access Manager > Access Gateways.

    If the installation was successful, the IP address of your Access Gateway appears in the Server list.

    The import into Administration Console can take a few minutes, so if your Access Gateway does not appear in the list, wait a few minutes and refresh the screen.

    The Health status indicator appears yellow after the Access Gateway is imported and registers with the Administration Console, which can take up to 5 minutes. You must configure the Access Gateway in order to change its health to green.

    If an Access Gateway starts to import into the Administration Console but fails to complete the process, the following message appears:

    Server gateway-<name> is currently importing. If it has been several minutes after installation, click repair import to fix it.

    If you have waited at least ten minutes, but the message doesn’t disappear and the Access Gateway doesn’t appear in the list, click the repair import link. For additional help, see Section A.1, Troubleshooting the Access Gateway Import.

  16. This completes the installation of the NetWare Access Gateway. Continue with one of the following: