Notes on Cell Administration

Establishing Intercell Communication

There may be more than one TXT record for a cell; each clearinghouse in the cell has its own TXT record. Each TXT record appears on a single line (without the slashes that appear in this example).

(You can also derive this information, though in a different format, using the dcecp directory show command.)

3.For each TXT record in the output of show cell, create a line in a text file similar to:

cell.xyz.com. IN TXT “TXT_data hostname.xyz.com” Where:

TXT_data is the TXT data from cdscp show cell (note that this data must be entered on a single line), and hostname.xyz.com is the full domain name of the CDS server system that maintains that clearinghouse. The quotation marks are literal, and the absolute name of the host must be used (in this case) without the trailing dot.

4.In the same text file, create a line for each different hostname.xyz.com that you have added to the TXT records. For example:

cell.xyz.com. IN MX 1 hostname.xyz.com.

5.Add these records to your DNS database, or give these records to your DNS administrator.

Establishing Peer-to-Peer Trust

Peer-to-peer trust means a principal from one cell is trusted by another cell; the second cell trusts that the first cell has authenticated the identity of the principal. Use the following procedure to enable peer-to-peer trust between cells:

1.Check that both cells are running gdad, and that the DNS resource records for both cells are in the DNS database.

2.dce_login as cell administrator to one of the two cells.

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Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7