Lotus Foundations Start Getting Started Guide

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Introduction

Welcome to the Lotus Foundations Start Getting Started Guide. This document is intended for administrators and provides the basic steps required to install a fully-functioning Lotus Foundations Start 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 at http://kb.nitix.com/5987.

Before you get started checklist

Before beginning the installation and configuration of Lotus Foundations, consult this checklist to ensure that you have all that is needed.

1. Lotus Foundations Start software. Use either the files that you downloaded from our Partner Site, the CD media pack that came included with your Foundation Appliance or the Software Only Media Pack that you ordered. If you downloaded the software perform the following steps:

1. Unzip all of the downloaded files to a folder on a workstation. For example unzip to, C:\temp\lotusfoundations. The result is:
• one file named LotusFoundations_10_1nnn.iso file
• several subfolders named <feature_name>.pkg
2. Locate the file named “LotusFoundations_10_1nnn.iso” and burn it to a CD. Label this disk “IBM Lotus Foundations, Disk 1”. You can use any standard CD burning software. You use this CD to boot the server to begin the installation process.

2. Lotus Foundations Start activation key. To fully activate the features that you have purchased, you must enter a software activation key during the initial setup, or within the first 30 days after installing. By default, Lotus Foundations Start will work in a 30-day trial mode. Until Lotus Foundations is activated, some features remain inactive. Your activation key is sent to you via email. If you did not receive your activation key, please call +1.866.384.8324, and select option 2.
3. Check your hardware against the list in this section titled System Hardware Requirements
4. Internet domain name for the server
5. Activation requires internet access; verify that you have internet service.

System hardware requirements

Lotus Foundations runs in one of two supported hardware configurations.

Configuration 1 – Certified Hardware

• Net Integrator Mark I (G5, G6 or G7)
• Net Integrator Mark II (G5, G6 or G7)
• Net Integrator Micro II (G2)

Configuration 2 – Third – party hardware

• x86 based system
• At least one hard disk. At least two hard drives are needed to backup your data.
• At least one Network Interface Card. Two network cards are needed if this is your network gateway.
• CD-ROM drive
• VGA based video card
• 1GB RAM
• Monitor
• Keyboard

Your 3rd party hardware must be free of any other applications, files, or operating enviornment. Lotus Foundations Start first installs the base operating system and overwrites any data on the disk drive. The setup process also configures the disk drives.

Before you begin installing on the 3rd party hardware you need to change the system bios to ensure you are able to boot from CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. You can do this through the boot settings in system BIOS. Change the boot priority order to the following:

• First boot device: CD (or DVD)
• Second boot device: hard disk drive

Summary of installation

Installation should take approximately 30-40 minutes. There are several tasks that are broken down into a set of steps.

• Step 1 and Step 2: Set up either a Net Integrator Mark I, Mark II or Micro II that has Lotus Foundations pre-installed; or setup your third party hardware and install and configure the Lotus Foundations base environment (operating system).
• Step 3: Install and configure the Lotus Foundations Start software.
• Step 4: Create one or more user accounts in WebConfig. These user accounts can immediately access email through a Web browser with the Domino Web Access (DWA) feature.
• Step 5: If you require client software to use Domino mail and other groupware components, you can also install the IBM Lotus Notes addon on the Lotus Foundations server and deploy the client onto the user workstations.
• Step 6: Install language packs for any additional languages you need for email and collaboration.
• Step 7: Install the optional components, such as Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook,anti-spam network filtering and Lotus Symphony tools

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