Start the OES installation and continue through the installation process until you reach the Installation Settings screen, then click the NetStorage link.

Choose whether you are installing locally or remotely, accept or change the admin name and password, then click Next.

Locally indicates that you are also installing eDirectory on this server. It is recommended that you install eDirectory on cluster nodes. If you are not installing eDirectory on this server, choose Remote.

Enter the IP address that you assigned to Novell iFolder 2.x®.

The iFolder IP address is optional but, if specified, will allow NetStorage users to access and manipulate files and directories in their iFolder directories on the iFolder server.

Users must have their iFolder user accounts enabled through the iFolder server in order to access their files stored in iFolder using NetStorage. You must also enable the ability for users to set iFolder passphrases in NetStorage. For more information on iFolder, see the Novell iFolder 2.1 Installation and Administration Guide.

Enter the IP address for the NetStorage Authentication Domain Host, or accept the default.

This is the IP address of a server in your eDirectory tree that has the master replica or a read/write replica of eDirectory.

The eDirectory server IP address is required for NetStorage to function properly. This does not necessarily have to be the IP address of the server where NetStorage is to be installed.

When a user attempts to log in, NetStorage searches the eDirectory database on the server you specify for the User object. If the User object is found, NetStorage attempts to authenticate the user to eDirectory.

Enter the Proxy User Name including the context, or accept the default.

This is required so that NetStorage has sufficient rights to get and save users' iFolder passphrases the first time they access iFolder. This prevents users from having to enter their passphrase when accessing files and directories on an iFolder server. The default is the Admin user that is created during the eDirectory installation.

Enter the Proxy User Password, or accept the default.

Enter the Users Context, or accept the default.

This is the eDirectory context for the users that will use NetStorage. NetStorage searches the eDirectory tree down from the specified context for User objects. If you want NetStorage to search the entire eDirectory tree, specify the root context.