Autodesk Combustion 4 discreet, Network Manual

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Requirements 1
2
The Network Administrator’s Guide gives you
the information you need to deploy
combustion® from a network location. This
chapter describes the system requirements and
network installation components required for
installing, authorizing, and configuring
combustion on a network.
System Requirements
Before you begin installing combustion on a
network using the Autodesk ® Licensing Manager
(AdLM), ensure your network, servers, and client
workstations meet the minimum recommended
requirements for network installation. Refer to the
following table for the server hardware and software
requirements.
Refer to the following table for the client workstation
minimum recommended hardware and software
requirements.
License Server
Hardware /
Software Requirements Notes
Operating
system Windows NT
®
,
Windows 2000, or
Windows XP
AdLM supports
Ethernet network
configurations only.
Network
interface card Compatible with
current Ethernet
network infra-
structure AdLM supports
multiple network
interface cards.
Communication
Protocol TCP/IP By default, AdLM
uses TCP packet
types. Optionally,
you can configure
UDP packet types.
Client
Workstation -
combustion
Hardware /
Software Requirements Notes
Processor Intel® Pentium® III,
Pentium 4, or AMD®
Athlon™ XP CPU, 850 MHz or
higher.
Operating
system Microsoft
®
Windows
2000 or Windows XP
It is recommended
that you install and
run
combustion on
an on an English
version of the
operating system.
You must have
Administrator
permissions to
install
combustion .
Not assigning these
permissions can
cause
combustion
and third-party
applications to
perform incorrectly.
See Windows Help
for information
about assigning user
permissions.
Hard drive 20 GB main hard drive,
approximately 142
MB free space See the combustion
4 Installation Guide
for details.
RAM 256 MB
—
Video Video display card
with 32 MB of VRAM
(1024x768 display
with 24-bit color
minimum required)
—
CD-ROM Any speed For installation only.
Network inter-
face card Compatible with
current Ethernet
network
infrastructure Required for
installing and
running network
versions of
combustion .
Web browser Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6 or later
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