IBM Netfinity 4500R, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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• A LAN adapter card and one or more of the following communications protocols:
— TCP/IP (must be WinSock Version 1.1-compatible; required for Netfinity
Manager with Web Enhancement)
— NetBIOS
Note: The Netfinity Manager NetBIOS requirements are three names, two
sessions, and nine network control blocks (NCBs).
— IPX
— SNA (PCOMM 4.1 or later SNA stack)
Note: Systems using Netfinity Manager with Microsoft SNA Server cannot
communicate with systems that run the Microsoft SNA Server client.
Netfinity Manager supports only server-to-server communications
between systems that run Microsoft SNA Server software. However,
Netfinity Manager systems running Microsoft SNA Server can
communicate with other Netfinity Manager systems using any of the
other supported SNA stacks.
• A 9600 baud or greater modem (optional).
The hard disk requirement for Client Services for Netfinity Manager is 6.5 MB–9 MB
of hard disk space. All other system requirements are the same as for Netfinity
Manager for Windows NT.
Note: Serial Connection Control will not function on systems that do not have a
properly installed and configured modem.
Netfinity Manager for Windows NT system
requirements
The minimum system requirements for Netfinity Manager for Windows NT are:
• Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 or later
• Approximately 17 MB–20 MB of hard disk space (space required depends on
system configuration)
• A LAN adapter card and one or more of the following communications protocols:
— TCP/IP (must be WinSock Version 1.1-compatible; required for Netfinity
Manager with Web Enhancement)
— NetBIOS
Note: The Netfinity Manager NetBIOS requirements are three names, two
sessions, and nine network control blocks (NCBs).
— IPX
— SNA (Microsoft SNA Server version 2.11 with Service Pack 1 and
WCPIC32.DLL dated 01/22/97 or later. This DLL is available from Microsoft)
Note: Systems using Netfinity Manager with Microsoft SNA Server cannot
communicate with systems that run the Microsoft SNA Server client.
Netfinity Manager supports only server-to-server communications
between systems that run Microsoft SNA Server software. However,
Netfinity Manager systems running Microsoft SNA Server can
communicate with other Netfinity Manager systems using any of the other
supported SNA stacks.
• A 9600 baud or greater modem (optional).
The hard disk requirement for Client Services for Netfinity Manager is 6.5 MB–9 MB
of hard disk space. All other system requirements are the same as for Netfinity
Manager for Windows NT.