First-time Lotus Foundations Setup - Third-Party Hardware
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| "First-time Lotus Foundations Setup - Third-Party Hardware" is included in Lotus Foundations Users Guide. |
Lotus Foundations has built-in diagnostics to help you determine hardware compatibility. This section provides usage guidelines for unknown hardware types. It is strongly recommended that you also have your hardware-specific reference documentation.
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Minimum server requirements
To successfully run the Lotus Foundations platform, the following requirements must be satisfied:
Minimum server requirements:
- 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
- VGA Monitor
- Keyboard
Before you begin
- Connect the monitor cable to the VGA based Video Card output on the server.
- Connect the keyboard to the keyboard input on the server.
- Plug in the power cords for the server and monitor.
Configuring the system
Your 3rd party hardware must be free of any other applications, files, or operating environment. Lotus Foundations first installs the base operating system and overwrites any data on the disk drive. The setup process also configures the disk drives.
For more information about configuring your hard disks, see the Disk management chapter.
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
| Important Note If you are running Lotus Foundations from the CD-ROM without configured hard disks, configurations are lost when you reboot.
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These are setup guidelines.
- Connect the power cord and turn on the main power switch near the power supply.
- Connect one end of a category 5 Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port 0 on the server. Connect the other end of the cable into your LAN hub or switch. If you have additional Ethernet ports to connect to the internet or to other segments of your LAN, connect them now.
- Press the power button on the front of the server to the On position.
- When the system boots, the Lotus Foundations boot screen is displayed. To load Lotus Foundations, select option #1 Launch Lotus Foundations by typing 1 and then pressing Enter.
- When Lotus Foundations has finished loading, the following prompt is displayed:
- Press Enter. A Configuration screen is displayed.
- A red warning box might be displayed advising you to set up the server using Lotus Foundations Web-based configuration screen. Press Enter to continue.
- Take note of the Settings and Status boxes. These display important information about the server.
- Take note of the WebConfig URL shown in the Status box. This is the LAN IP (Eth 0) address of the server. You need this IP address to finish the configuration of your server. The server is assigned a random server name to start with. You can change this during the setup. If the server is unable to detect an appropriate IP address for your LAN, you have to manually set the IP address for the server. Refer to Manually Setting the IP Address in this chapter for more information.
- You are now ready to proceed with the setup when an IP address is displayed in the console’s Status box.
If you do not select an option, Lotus Foundations automatically loads after 10 seconds.
Press ENTER to begin...
Manually setting the IP address
Follow these steps if your Lotus Foundations server is unable to automatically select an IP address (the console’s Status box continues to read Choosing Address) or if you want to change the chosen address:
- Select IP Address from the Main Menu box on the Configuration screen.
- You are prompted to enter a new IP address. Enter the new IP address and press <Enter>.
- Confirm the new IP address by pressing Y.
- You can turn the DHCP Server on or off. The DHCP server automatically assigns IP addresses to the workstations connected to your local network. Unless you have some other server providing DHCP services, turn DHCP on. To turn DHCP on, select DHCP server from the Main Menu on the Configuration Screen - if a message is displayed communicating that, “The DHCP server is currently DISABLED”, press Y to enable the DHCP server.
