Before you begin the installation or configuration procedures in this manual, complete the following worksheets:

• NetWare/IP Support Services Planning Worksheet
• NetWare/IP Servers Planning Worksheet
• Primary DSS Configuration Worksheet
• NetWare/IP Client Configuration Worksheets

You might not need to fill in every worksheet, but it is recommended that you fill in as many as apply to ensure a smooth installation and configuration. After you complete the worksheets, you have all the information you need to configure a NetWare/IP network. The completed worksheets also provide a valuable written record of your network's configuration.

This section includes the following:

• Examples of completed planning worksheets

  NOTE: The worksheets in this section are examples only. You must fill in the applicable blank worksheets with information that applies to your specific network configuration.

• Blank planning worksheets

Planning Worksheet Examples

The sample worksheets in this section illustrate an IP-only NetWare/IP network. In this configuration, the internetwork consists of two TCP/IP backbones connected by an IP router. Because NetWare/IP clients reside on both backbones, NetWare/IP support services are replicated for load balancing and redundancy.

Figure A-5 illustrates the NetWare/IP configuration Acme Company uses to connect the TCP/IP network in its engineering department with its corporate TCP/IP backbone. These separate network segments are connected by an IP router, eng-corp.acme.com.

Acme has configured a replica DNS and a secondary DSS server on the corporate backbone. If the IP router should become unavailable, NetWare/IP clients on the corporate backbone can still access their local servers because DNS and DSS support services are provided on their subnetwork.

Figure A-5.
TCP/
IP-Only Configuration

NetWare/IP Support Services Planning Worksheet

Section 1 of the NetWare/IP Support Services Planning Worksheet specifies the DNS and NetWare/IP domain names. The DNS domain you specify must be the parent domain of the NetWare/IP domain. This section also lists the names and IP addresses of the master and replica DNS name servers you plan to configure.

Section 2 lists the hostnames and IP addresses of the primary DSS server and the secondary DSS servers you plan to configure to support your NetWare/IP domain.

Because Acme's NetWare/IP internetwork includes multiple TCP/IP segments connected by an IP router, Acme has replicated the DNS and DSS support services on the corporate network by configuring corp1.acme.com. as a replica DNS name server and corp2.acme.com. as a secondary DSS server. Eng1.acme.com. is the master DNS name server and eng2.acme.com. is configured as the primary DSS server.