System Requirements

Novell® BorderManager® 3.7 is installed on a NetWare® server and is administered using NetWare Administrator from a client Windows* 98, Windows* 2000, Windows* NT, Windows* XP or Windows* ME workstation. Review the following requirements to ensure that your server and client environments meet the installation prerequisites.


Server Requirements


For Installing on NetWare 5.1 SP4

Server Hardware Server Software

PC with a Pentium* or later processor

Minimum of 256 MB of RAM for NBM 3.7

Additional 512 MB RAM for SurfConrol

Minimum of 160 MB of disk space, with an additional 40 MB available during installation

500 MB of disk space to support caching services

SVGA or higher-resolution monitor recommended.

PS/2* mouse (recommended) to support the Java* interface

CD-ROM drive that can read ISO 9660 formatted disks

NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 4

Note: For NetWare 5.1 MLA servers, you must have a server-based license on the target server.

Run INETCFG once and transfer the commannds from AUTOEXEC.NCF

Installation server and all servers holding a copy of the Partition where the NBM 3.7 Server object resides should be NDS 8 or greater (which includes eDirectoryTM 8.5, eDirectory 8.6, and eDirectory 8.7)

Novell Licensing Service (NLS) Kit (installed automatically with NetWare 5.1)


For Installing on NetWare 6.0 Support Pack 1

Server Hardware Server Software

PC with a Pentium II or higher processor

Minimum of 256 MB of RAM for NBM 3.7

Additional 512 MB RAM for SurfConrol

Minimum of 160 MB of disk space, with an additional 40 MB available during installation

500 MB of disk space to support Proxy Services

CD-ROM drive that can read ISO 9660 formatted disks

NetWare 6.0 SP 1 or later

Installation server and all servers holding a copy of the Partition where the NBM 3.7 Server object resides should be NDS 8 or greater (which includes eDirectory 8.5, eDirectory 8.6, and eDirectory 8.7)

Novell Licensing Service (NLS) Kit

TCP/IP network interface bound and configured

Run INETCFG once and transfer the commannds from AUTOEXEC.NCF

NOTE:  Because Novell BorderManager 3.7 is a Novell Licensing Services (NLS) enabled application, the first Novell BorderManager 3.7 server installed into a tree or partition must be installed on a NetWare server that holds an eDirectory read/write replica of that partition. All Novell BorderManager 3.7 servers installed into the same partition at a later time are not required to have a read/write replica.



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