Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Release 1.2 Configuring Red Hat Linux User's Manual
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1. System GNOME and Anonymous FTP Server Installing Additional Software 1 After you install Red Hat you must install the following individual RPM Red Hat Package Manager files from the Red Hat CD a mgetty install 1st b mgetty sendfax c UUCP 2 In addition verify that the following RPM files were loaded during the Red Hat installation a ppp b vne c vnc server If you need to install an RPM follow the instructions below Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Configuring Red Hat Linux Installing RPM files Installing RPM files 1 Insert the Red Hat installation CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Open the Terminal Emulation program 3 Type cd mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS Note If Linux responds directory does not exist you may have to manually mount the CD ROM drive To do so type mount mnt cdrom then repeat cd command 4 At the prompt type rpm iv lt name of RPM package gt Determining whether RPM files are already installed 1 In the terminal emulation window at the prompt type rpm qa lt name of RPM package gt 2 To search for RPM files using a partial RPM package name at the prompt type Rpm qa grep lt partial name with for letters not specified gt For example rpm qa greg vnc rpm to determine if any RPM packages beginning with vnc have been installed 8 Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Configuring Red Hat Linux2. Let us know how this book measured up to your expectations Your opinions are crucial to helping us meet your needs Please complete and return the comment card at the front of this book Optionally send us your comments by mail fax or e mail as follows Mail Fax Avaya Inc Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Documentation Team Room 1E 124 307 Middletown Lincroft Rd Lincroft NJ 07738 USA Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Documentation Team 1 732 817 2469 E mail document avaya com How to Get This Book on the Web To view or download the latest version of this book perform the steps listed next Install your internet browser Most computers are sold with browsers already installed Get access to the Internet If you do not already have access to the Internet contact an Internet Service Provider ISP and set up an account Set up your browser preferences Refer to the documentation that came with your browser Install Adobe Acrobat Reader with Search version 5 0 or later This is available on your CD ROM or from http www adobe com Access http www avaya com support Click Product Documentation Click System and Network Management Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Configuring Red Hat Linux Welcome 8 Under the heading VisAbility Management Suite locate the heading Avaya VisAbility Management Suite and then click the link corresponding to the softwa
3. AVAYA Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Release 1 2 Configuring Red Hat Linux 555 233 152 Issue 1 November 2002 Copyright 2002 Avaya Inc All Rights Reserved Printed in U S A Notice Every effort was made to ensure that the information in this book was complete and accurate at the time of printing However information is subject to change Avaya Web Page The world wide web home page for Avaya is http www avaya com Preventing Toll Fraud Toll Fraud is the unauthorized use of your telecommunications system by an unauthorized party for example a person who is not a corporate employee agent subcontractor or working on your company s behalf Be aware that there is a risk of toll fraud asso ciated with your system and that if toll fraud occurs it can result in substantial additional charges for your telecommunications ser vices Avaya Fraud Intervention If you suspect that you are being victimized by toll fraud and you need technical assistance or support call the Technical Service Center s Toll Fraud Intervention Hotline at 1 800 643 2353 Providing Telecommunications Security Telecommunications security of voice data and or video commu nications is the prevention of any type of intrusion to that is either unauthorized or malicious access to or use of your com pany s telecommunications equipment by some party Your company s telecommunications equipment includes both this Avaya product
4. and any other voice data video equipment that could be accessed via this Avaya product that is networked equipment An outside party is anyone who is not a corporate employee agent subcontractor or working on your company s behalf Whereas a malicious party is Anyone including someone who may be otherwise authorized who accesses your telecommunica tions equipment with either malicious or mischievous intent Such intrusions may be either to through synchronous time mul tiplexed and or circuit based or asynchronous character mes sage or packet based equipment or interfaces for reasons of e Utilization of capabilities special to the accessed equip ment Theft such as of intellectual property financial assets or toll facility access Eavesdropping privacy invasions to humans e Mischief troubling but apparently innocuous tampering e Harm such as harmful tampering data loss or alteration regardless of motive or intent Be aware that there may be a risk of unauthorized intrusions asso ciated with your system and or its networked equipment Also realize that if such an intrusion should occur it could result in a variety of losses to your company including but not limited to human data privacy intellectual property material assets finan cial resources labor costs and or legal costs Your Responsibility for Your Company s Telecommunications Security The final responsibility for
5. e hard drive using the DELETE button 4 Then add partitions in accordance with the table below using the ADD button The precise partition sizes are shown for a 40GB hard drive If the hard drive is bigger than 40GB use the proportion column to partition the hard drive Proportion of File Mount Partition Size Disk Space System Point 40MB HD gt 40MB HD Type 800 MB 2 ext3 boot 100 MB 1 ext3 home 7000 MB 18 ext3 usr 13000 MB 33 ext3 var 13000 MB 33 ext3 swap 2048 MB 5 swap tmp 3000 MB 8 ext3 Total 38948 MB 100 6 Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Configuring Red Hat Linux Linux Server Installation 5 At the Network Configuration prompt screen 10 clear the Configuration using DHCP checkbox and instead select static IP 6 Then enter the static IP address subnet mask hostname gateway and primary secondary and tertiary DNS addresses 7 At the Firewall Configurations prompt screen 12 select No firewall with Use default firewall rules Note The VisAbility Management Suite installation process will override the setting and select the default firewall rules 8 At the Account Configuration prompt screen 15 enter the password for the root user and then add users including one for Avaya remote services 9 At the Package Group Selection prompt screen 16 select Classic X window
6. re release for which you want documentation 9 Locate the title of the book you want and then click it How to Order More Copies To order this book call or write us and request the following publication Order Document Number 555 233 152 Issue Issue 1 Date November 2002 Call Avaya Publications Center USA Voice 1 800 457 1235 Fax 1 800 457 1764 For callers that cannot access US 1 800 numbers dial Voice 1 207 866 6701 Fax 1 207 626 7269 Write Globalware Solutions 200 Ward Hill Avenue Haverhill MA 01835 USA Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Configuring Red Hat Linux 5 2 Linux Server Installation This document specifies the options that you must select during the installation of Red Hat Linux 7 3 to support Avaya MultiVantage Fault amp Performance Manager Avaya MultiVantage Proxy Agent and Avaya MultiVantage Configuration Manager This document is copied from the appendix of the Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Implementation Guidelines which is available from your Avaya client executive If an option is not specified in this document select the default response Installing Red Hat Linux 7 3 1 At the Install Type prompt screen 5 choose the Install and Server options 2 At the Disk Partitioning Setup prompt screen 6 choose Manually Partition with Disk Druid 3 At the Disk Setup prompt screen 7 delete any partitioning that appears for th
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8. zation of Avaya Business Communications Systems Access their web site at www avaya com direct or call 800 426 2455 Comments To comment on this document return the comment card at the front of the document 1 Welcome Purpose This book explains how to set up Red Hat Linux on the server that run components of the Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Prerequisites Configuring Linux requires familiarity with Linux operating systems Experience using Red Hat is highly desirable Intended Audience We wrote this book for system administrators who are responsible for installing software on Linux based systems Conventions Used in This Book In this book we use the following typographical conventions e We use bold type for emphasis and for any information that you should type for example save translation e We use Courier font for any information that the computer screen displays for example login e We use arrows to indicate options that you should select on cascading menus for example Select File gt Open means choose the Open option from the File menu Additional Resources The following additional books exist to help you during installation and configuration of selected applications in the suite e Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Installation Overview 555 233 148 Avaya VisAbility Management Suite Configuring Red Hat Linux 3 Tell Us What You Think Tell Us What You Think
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