Before Installing HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7

Preinstallation Planning

If your site is connected to the Internet and you want to obtain a unique DNS name, contact the administrator in charge of the domain under which you want to name your cell.

For more information on cell naming, see the OSF DCE Administration Guide — Core Services.

For configuration information, see Chapter 5, “Configuring HP DCE”.

DCE Services

This section outlines some considerations and restrictions on HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7 software that will help you map out the installation of your cell.

Client Core Services

Core Services are contained in the DCE-Core product. This product must be installed on every system in your cell.

Security Services

Security server software is contained in the DCE-SEC-Server product. The system(s) running the security server should be reliably accessible and physically secure. They should also have enough disk space to hold a registry database that could expand significantly over time as the number of users increases. HP has found the following guidelines to be sufficient:

For each principal: 1440 bytes of physical memory 330 bytes of disk space

For each account: 1580 bytes of physical memory 240 bytes of disk space

More information about DCE Security Services may be found in the OSF DCE Administration Guide — Core Services.

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Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7