Mackie V7.0 manual First study the network structure, Determining the network structure

Configuring Xprint V7.0 Administering hosts

may be one of the system administrators of the computers involved. If you, as the Xprint V7.0 administrator, want to introduce Xprint V7.0 into an existing network, you must perform the following tasks in the order given below:

–first study the network structure

–define a (primary) master host which first manages the Xprint V7.0 database (later you can specify additional computers which are to serve as reserve masters in case the defined master fails). For more information on the host hierarchy see the section “Xprint V7.0 objects” on page 9.

–configure Xprint V7.0 on the (primary) master host and define a user ID for the Xprint V7.0 administrator

–configure the other systems in the network

Then you or the respective system administrators must configure the individual printers by adding them to the Xprint V7.0 configuration.

The first two and the last step are not of interest if you configure Xprint V7.0 on a stand-alone host. The fourth step is discussed in the section “Configuring a new host” on page 98.

Determining the network structure

So that Xprint V7.0 can be introduced into an existing network without problems, you must study the network structure before configuring Xprint V7.0. For this purpose you must gain an overview of all the computers and printers in this network. You should gather data on every computer and printer. This data will be required for configuring Xprint V7.0. The Appendix contains a worksheet in which you can enter the relevant data. It is recommended that you make a copy of this worksheet for every computer in your network and fill it out carefully. If there is not enough space for the relevant printers and/or supervisors, use the back of the copy or an additional sheet which you should clip to the worksheet.

Configuring the primary master host

When you have installed Xprint V7.0 on the host which is to be the primary master host, you can start configuring Xprint V7.0 by preparing the selected system as follows:

●Log in to the selected system as root.

●Configure the network services for the communication with Xprint V7.0 (/etc/services file, see section “Configuring the local area network (LAN)” on page 235).

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