When you run the posInitLdap.sh or posInitEdir.sh script to configure the LDAP directory on the Administration Server, the following objects are automatically created:
With these objects in place, you must then use posAdmin to create the following mandatory objects in the LDAP tree:
IMPORTANT:You must create the scBranchServer object and its supporting organizational structure before you can run posInitBranchserver.sh and deploy the Branch Server.
IMPORTANT:You must create the scPosImage objects and set the scPosImageVersion attribute to Active before you boot the Point of Service terminals. The Point of Service terminals require an scPosImage object with an active scPosImageVersion attribute before they can download the corresponding physical image from the Branch Server at boot time. For more information on setting the scPosImageVersion attribute to Active, see Section 6.5.2, Activating Images.
When you boot the Point of Service terminals, posldap2crconfig.pl automatically creates a Workstation object (scWorkstation) in the LDAP directory for every Point of Service terminal that registers on the Branch Server. For information on this process, see Section 3.5.3, The hwtype.MAC_address File.
After the scWorkstation objects exist in the directory, you can then define attributes specific to particular workstations. For example, you can assign a specific client image (scPosImage) object to a workstation. For instructions on this procedure, see Section 6.5.3, Assigning an Image to a Point of Service Terminal.
The following sections provide information to help you create and manage objects in the LDAP directory.