Network Computing Devices NCDware, User Manual

Page 1: ...omputing Devices Inc HMX Explora NCDnet and NCDware are trademarks of Network Computing Devices Inc Other trademarks and service marks are the trademarks and service marks of their respective companie...

Page 2: ...programs Use this booklet in conjunction with the NCDware Release Notes To Install On See NCDware UNIX hosts page 3 in this CD insert and NCDware Release Notes NCDware WinCenter servers page 15 in thi...

Page 3: ...sion XIE the local Motif Window Manager XRemote and PEX 3D graphics If you do not already have a license contact Sales Support at 650 694 0650 NCDware Contents NCDware provides X servers and support f...

Page 4: ...most UNIX systems Note If you are not sure if you can use ncdinstall on your UNIX host follow the installation instructions from Step 1 beginning on page 6 through Step 6 on page 8 After you complete...

Page 5: ...e original network and host database files with the extension _O Preparing to Configure Terminals Using ncdinstall Before you install NCDware and configure your terminals you need A host system with a...

Page 6: ...ng beginning with 0000A7 Example 0000A7123608 Name node or hostname The terminal s node or hostname a unique node name consisting of alphanumeric characters that you assign to the terminal to correspo...

Page 7: ...for your CD ROM mkdir cdrom CR 4 The following instructions for mounting the CD ROM vary depending on the host and the CD ROM drive configuration Substitute your device name for dev cdrom Gateway The...

Page 8: ...omatically mounted onto cdrom cdrom0 instead of cdrom When you run the ncdinstall command Step 6 of this procedure use cdrom cdrom0 instead of cdrom On HP UX mount the CD ROM mount t cdfs r dev cdrom...

Page 9: ...se and spelling of ncdinstall appears in some cases it is spelled differently such as NCDINSTA 1 b Type cdrom cd rom_name map CR where cd rom_name is the listing for ncdinstall found on the CD ROM Thr...

Page 10: ...n you can install NCDware from the staging directory by mounting that directory on another host and running ncdinstall from the mounted staging directory to install NCDware into an empty directory Ins...

Page 11: ...listed Separate the numbers by spaces For example Enter the numbers of the NCD terminal models to install separated by spaces 1 2 CR 12 If you are installing host system executables ncdinstall assume...

Page 12: ...are not available Refer to the System Administrator s Guide for UNIX Systems for further information 14 Before beginning the installation ncdinstall checks available disk space in the TFTP directory...

Page 13: ...modshmx Host executables in home ncd rel_ver hostside host where rel_ver is the release version such as 5 0 124 and host is the host such as SunOS usr bin X11 ncd is linked to home ncd rel_ver hostsi...

Page 14: ...D and environment information to the NCD Mosaic Browser Add Terminals to the Network 18 From the Main Menu select 3 Configure NCD Terminals 19 From the Configure NCD Terminals menu select 1 Add NCD Te...

Page 15: ...urn c Type y to indicate you want to license another optional feature or press Return to continue ncdinstall alters the etc bootptab and etc host files saving old files with an extension _O and instal...

Page 16: ...w describe how to install NCDware on a WinCenter server running WinFrame 1 6 or later For information about WinCenter see WinCenter product documentation For additional information about using and con...

Page 17: ...ment and select Yes to accept the license terms If you select No the Exit Setup dialog box appears Select Resume to go back to the license agreement Select Exit Setup to quit 4 The Select Components d...

Page 18: ...or accept the default Select Next 7 A dialog box reports that the TFTP software is installed and that you need to restart the computer You should restart the computer when you finish installing all of...

Page 19: ...ion is complete Several screens appear and disappear quickly The installation program places X servers Xncdhmx Xncdxpl and Xncdxpt in c tftp_dir Supplemental X server files in c tftp_dir modshmx c tft...

Page 20: ...nCenter only for NT only networks Select Next to install the appropriate configuration files 16 The Select Components dialog box appears Choose Quit and select Next to exit setup 17 The Restarting scr...

Page 21: ...contact your NCD representative or send e mail to info ncd com Sending E Mail or Faxes to Technical Support NCD Technical Support uses an automated system for e mail Send e mail to the Internet addre...

Page 22: ...elease of NCDware you are running Release of WinCenter you are running Host system you are on Hardware configuration of the WinCenter server if applicable Operating system running on your host system...

Page 23: ...22 Notes...