Novell Doc: OES Linux Installation Guide - Decide What Type of Server You Are Installing

2.2 Decide What Type of Server You Are Installing

In the Installation Settings > Software Selection panel, a normal SLES 9 SP3 installation has the following predefined server types.

Table 2-2 Standard SLES 9 SP3 Installation Predefined Server Type

Predefined Server Type	Description
Minimum system	Includes just the bare essentials needed to safely run SUSE Linux. It does not include graphical desktop environments. You might select this option if your server is a dedicated system that does not need a graphical desktop or if your server is short on disk space or memory.
Minimum graphical system (without KDE)	Includes the SUSE Linux base system.
Full installation	The largest system and includes all packages available with SUSE Linux, except those that would result in dependency conflicts.
Default system	Includes the KDE desktop together with most of the KDE programs and the CUPS print server.

The OES integrated installation includes the options listed in Table 2-2, but it also includes the additional predefined server types listed in Table 2-3.

These predefined server types let you install the OES Base install and just the components you want for a particular server type. For example, if you want your server to be primarily an iPrint server, you can select the Novell Print Server predefined server type to install the server and configure it with only components it needs to function as an iPrint server. The Open Enterprise Server type is preselected by default.

Table 2-3 Additional OES Predefined Server Types

Predefined Server Type	Description and Software Selections Installed
Novell QuickFinder Server	QuickFinder™ lets your users find the information they’re looking for on any of your public and private Web sites, your partners’ sites, and any number of additional Web sites across the Internet or internal file servers, all from a single search form on your Web page. You can easily modify the look-and-feel of any of the sample search results pages to match your corporate design. This server type installs the following software selections by default: Basis Runtime System YaST Novell QuickFinder
Novell iFolder 2 Server	Novell iFolder 2.1 lets your users’ local data files to follow them everywhere—online, offline, all the time—across multiple workstations, your corporate network and the Internet. It provides a simple, convenient, and secure way to access, back up, and protect the local data files of your mobile professionals. This server type installs the following software selections by default: Basis Runtime System YaST Novell iManager Novell NetStorage Novell iFolder 2.x
Novell Print Server	Novell iPrint lets employees, partners, and customers access printers from a variety of locations across their network and the Internet. From a Web browser users can easily install any printer on the network from any location. This server type installs the following software selections by default: Basis Runtime System Yast Novell eDirectory Novell iManager Novell iPrint
Novell Management Server	Installs iManager and all related packages on a minimum system (basis runtime system and YaST). This server type installs the following software selections by default: Basis Runtime System YaST Novell iManager
Novell Open Enterprise Server	Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) is a secure, highly available solution that combines proven services for application delivery, networking, communication, and collaboration in an open, easy-to-deploy environment. Novell OES is the default predefined server type selection. This server type installs the following software selections by default: Basis Runtime System YaST Graphical Base System Linux Tools KDE Desktop Helps and Support Documentation Authentication Server (NIS, LDAP Kerberos) Base Sound Libraries and Tools Novell eDirectory Novell iManager Novell Linux User Management Novell eGuide Novell iPrint Novell NetStorage Novell QuickFinder Novell NCP Server Novell Samba Configuration Novell Backup Services (SMS) Novell Health Monitoring For a detailed description of each of these Novell software services, see the following sections in the Novell OES SP2 Planning and Implementation Guide: Identity and Directory Services Infrastructure Services End User Services

The following software selections listed in Table 2-4 are not installed by default with the Novell Open Enterprise Server predefined server type.

If you want to install these services, you can select them to install with any predefined server type by customizing the installation or you can install them after installing your initial Open Enterprise Server. For more information, see Customizing the Software Selections and Installing or Configuring OES Components on an Existing Server.

Table 2-4 Additional OES Software Selections

Software Selection	Description
Novell Cluster Services	A server clustering system that ensures high availability and manageability of critical network resources including data (volumes), applications, and services.
Novell iFolder 2.x, Novell iFolder 3.x, or iFolder 3.x Web Access	A Net services software solution that lets mobile professionals access their local files from anywhere—online, offline, all the time—across multiple workstations and the Net.
Novell Storage Services (NSS)	A set of features that can help you effectively manage your storage usage and growth.
Novell IP Address Management	A service that assists you in managing the IP addresses that network services use on a server. In this release, this is a framework only and no services are currently using this framework to manage IP address configurations.

If none of the predefined server types meets your needs, you can customize the installation. See Customizing the Software Selections.