Lotus Foundations Getting Started Guide
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Contents
Introduction
Welcome to the Lotus Foundations Getting Started Guide. This document is intended for administrators and provides the basic steps required to install a fully functioning Lotus Foundations server.
This guide is designed to get the basic Lotus Foundations-powered server set up and running quickly, but it covers only the basic installation, configuration, and set-up topics. For more advanced features and topics, refer to the online documentation for Lotus Foundations.
| Warning To avoid loss of mail and other critical data, it is recommended that the following be done, prior to a Nitix or NitixBlue to Lotus Foundations migration:
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Product overview
Lotus Foundations provides an essential solution for running a business reliably, securely, and simply. By providing an ideal server for businesses with up to 500 users, Lotus Foundations is a perfect solution to help deliver professional results with a limited budgets and information technology resources in mind.
The following key features of Lotus Foundations enable out-of-the box productivity:
- Remote access solutions
- Offline access to mail folders and business applications
- File sharing across software platforms
- Virus and spam protection
- Intelligent disk backup
- Disaster recovery capabilities
System Requirements
To properly run Lotus Foundations, one of the following platforms is required:
- Net Integrator Mark I (G5, G6 or G7)
- Net Integrator Mark II (G5, G6 or G7)
- Net Integrator Micro II (G2) (limited to 5 users)
Or a server with the following minimum requirements:
- x86 based system
- At least one hard disk. Hot swap, or simple swap removable drives are needed for all features.
- At least one Network Interface Card. Two network cards are needed for all features.
- CD-ROM drive
- VGA based video card
- 1GB RAM
- Monitor
- Keyboard
| Important Note For installation, the system must boot from the CD-ROM. This can be accomplished through the boot settings in the system BIOS. Lotus Foundations installs onto the hard disks after they have been configured.
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Summary of Installation
The Lotus Foundations component provides the base operating system and many of the core features.
To install Lotus Foundations the following steps are required:
- Set up either a Net Integrator Mark I, Mark II or Micro II that has Lotus Foundations pre-installed or third party hardware, upon which you will need to install Lotus Foundations.
- Install the Lotus Foundations software.
Lotus Foundations operating system installation
Read chapter: Lotus Foundations operating system installation
User account creation for Lotus Foundations
Read chapter: User account creation for Lotus Foundations
