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28 Nortel Networks Symposium Web Center Portal
Installing the Symposium Web Center Portal software Standard 2.0
Overview
Before you install Symposium Web Center Portal components, you must ensure
that your system meets all the requirements mentioned in the Symposium Web
Center Portal checklists (see Appendix A“Installation and configuration
checklists” on page 521).
Note: For information about hardware requirements for Symposium Web Center
Portal, refer to the Nortel Networks Symposium Portfolio Server and Operating
System Requirements Guide (P-2003-0381-Global) provided on the Partner
Information Center web site.
This chapter provides information about
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supported configurations
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installation sequence
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installation data requirements
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network configuration
ATTENTION
Do not install Symposium Web Center Portal components
over a network. Install Symposium Web Center Portal from
the Symposium Web Center Portal CD-ROM. If necessary,
you can copy the component installation directory to the
local hard drive of the PC, and then run the setup from the
hard drives in the order in which they appear in the guide.
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CAUTION
Risk of malfunction
Before you begin, ensure that the host names of your servers
conform to the Microsoft naming conventions. For example, if you
use an underscore “_” in the host name of your server, the Agent
Interface component may not function properly.