System Requirements

• The server to be upgraded must be running one of the following with the latest support pack:
  • Novell Small Business Suite 5.1 with Support Pack 6 or later
  • Novell Small Business Suite 6.0 with Support Pack 4 or later
  • Novell Small Business Suite 6.5 (FCS, Support Pack 1.1, Support Pack 2, or Support Pack 3)
• The server to be upgraded cannot be in a tree that contains NetWare 4.10 servers

  All servers in the tree must be NetWare 4.11 or later.

• A server-class PC with a Pentium II or AMD K7 processor
• RAM 512 MB (minimum) 1 GB (recommended)
• A Super VGA display adapter
• One network board
• A CD drive
• A USB or PS/2 mouse (recommended but not required)
• A DOS partition of at least 200 MB and 200 MB available space
• 2 GB of available disk space outside the DOS partition for volume sys:

Software and Other Requirements

Depending on the network configuration, you might need one or all of the following:

• The following media:
  • Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 NetWare 6.5 CD 1 Operating System with SP3 CD
  • Novell Small Business Suite NetWare 6.5 CD 2 Products with SP3 CD
  • Novell Small Business Suite License diskette
  • Novell Client Software CD
• The following rights:
  • Supervisor right to the [Root] of the eDirectory tree
  • Supervisor right to the container where the Server object resides
  • Read right to the Security container object for the eDirectory tree

    A subcontainer administrator can install a Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 server into the tree under the following conditions:

    • If the server to be installed will receive a copy of the replica, then the administrator with the Supervisor right to the [Root] of the tree must first install three other new servers into the tree.
    • If the server to be installed will not receive a copy of the replica, then the administrator with the Supervisor right to the [Root] of the tree must first install one new server into the tree.
    • The subcontainer administrator must have the Read right to the NDSPKI:Private Key Attribute on the Organizational CA's object. The CA's object is located in the Security container.
    • The subcontainer administrator must have the Supervisor right to the W0 object located inside the KAP object in the Security container.

    These rights are typically granted by placing all administrative users in a Group or Role, and then assigning the above rights to the Group or Role.

• CD drivers (required to access the CD)
• Client connection utilities (optional, for upgrading from another server):
  • Novell Client^TM for DOS and Windows 3.1x (optional, for upgrading from a NetWare server running IPX^TM)
  • IP Server Connection Utility (optional, for installing from a NetWare server running IP only)

  For instructions, see products\serverinst\ipconn.txt on the Novell Client Software CD.

• IP address and domain names (required for connecting to the Internet):
  • An IP address
  • An IP address of a domain name server or servers
  • The name of your domain

  For IP addresses and domain names, contact your network administrator and Internet Service Provider.

• Network board and storage device properties such as the interrupt and port address (required if not included in NetWare)

  For more information, contact your computer hardware manufacturer.

What's Next

Prepare the network for the Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 server. See the next section, Preparing the Network with Deployment Manager.

If this server is not part of an existing network, you can skip to Preparing the Computer.