Management
Setup Planning
Before you begin configuring the communications server, you should determine
the type of network in which you plan to use the communications server; the
types of devices you plan to attach to the communications server such as printers,
PCs, terminals, and computers; how you plan to use these devices (as private
resources or public network-wide resources); and the ports you plan to assign to
each device (one through eight).
Specifically, you should consider the following:
1.
Determine if you are using your server to access LAT, TCP/IP, or both.
The communications server is preconfigured for LAT access, and no
configuration is required on your part. If you are also accessing TCP/IP,
additional configuration is required as described later in this chapter.
2.
Determine the printers, terminals, PCs, and computers you plan to attach to
the communications server, and decide which devices you want to be used as
network resources.
3.
Determine if you want to include name servers, gateways, or both in your
network. If you include them, they require configuration as described later in
this chapter.
4.
Determine the type of security features you want to implement. The
communications server lets you restrict access to specific server features,
dedicate ports to specific network services, set inactivity timeout features,
and specify other security considerations. Setting specific security features is
described later in this chapter.
A complete list of all configuration and management tasks are listed in "Tasks
and Concepts" in Ethernet Communications Server Management.
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