CompatiView Software Installation | Compatible Systems A00-1869

Chapter 4 - CompatiView Software Installation

All of the products in Compatible Systems’ internetworking and VPN families, including the IntraPort Enterprise-8, can be managed from a single GUI management platform called CompatiView. CompatiView for Windows is included on the CD-ROM which was shipped with your IntraPort Enterprise-8 VPN Access Server.

ϖNote: An older version of CompatiView for Mac OS is also included on the CD-ROM shipped with your server. The Mac OS version can be used with other Compatible products such as MicroRouters and RISC Routers; however, it is not compatible with the IntraPort Enterprise-8 VPN Access Server software. You must use CompatiView for Windows, versions 5.2.1 or later, to manage your server with CompatiView.

CompatiView for Windows

CompatiView for Windows allows you to manage the server from an IBM-compatible PC running Windows 95/98 or Windows NT. The PC can either be configured as an IPX client on a Novell NetWare internet, or as an IP WinSock client on an IP internet.

System Requirements

In order to successfully run CompatiView for Windows, you need:

•IBM PC or compatible w/ 486 or later processor

•Microsoft Windows 95/98 or Windows NT installed

•VGA or better monitor

•IP - A WinSock-compatible transport stack and/or

•IPX - A Netware or Microsoft Client installation

ϖNote: To choose the active transport protocol on a Windows machine which has both IPX and IP installed, select “Options” from the Database menu and click the General tab. Then select the appropriate radio button under “Transport.”

Installation and Operation

The Windows version of the CompatiView program can be found in the Network Manage- ment/CompatiView/Windows directory on the CD-ROM that was included with your IntraPort Enterprise-8 VPN Access Server.

Run the auto-installation program (CV5x file) by double-clicking on it. The installation program will ask you to select (or create) a directory in which it should locate CompatiView and its associated files and database subdirectory.

Once the installation is complete, double click on the CompatiView icon to open the program. For further information on using CompatiView, see the CompatiView Management Software Reference Guide included with your server.

ϖNote: For an up-to-date description of the changes (if any) made to Windows system files by the installation program, see the README.TXT file located in the CompatiView installation directory.