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1. Public Site ae gt View Users O croup Name OQ croup Members wewemaipiscussion east_coast abose dtran earenss gmeneil kehiu mposs reelis 4 pza Q Yer aroups home No Soup Members 4 aQ geac sales shose earenss kehiu reelis thockin Q HE Personal Profile si software Dlumbergh dtran draick jlovell nsaraille 8 H Programs training Diumbergh earenss gmeneil mposs nsarraille 9 aQ user_manuals abose egordillo gmeneil reelis e amp gt Administrator Site west pom aioe TENATA 89 H 133 Chapter 5 Viewing a group s public Web page To view a group s public Web page 1 Click View Groups The View Group List table appears See Figure 45 Click the green globe Q icon next to that group The public Web page is open to all reg stered users on the Qube 2 The public Web page for the group appears in the browser window If no Web page content has been created a default Web page appears To return to the View Group List table click the Back button on your Web browser Viewing a group s private Web page To view a group s private Web page 1 Click View Groups The View Group List table appears See Figure 45 Click the green globe with padlock icon next to that group The private Web page is restricted to members of the group only An authentication dialog appears Enter your user name and password Click OK The private Web page for the group
2. If there is no match for your search a message appears stating that no documents match your query If there is a match for your search the results appear in a numbered list and show the following information for each match see Figure 49 e title of the document a hypertext link e the location of the document shown as a URL a hypertext link e a summary of the context in which the search string was found If you click on the hypertext link your browser displays the file containing the search string Note The match can be found in the HTML code for a Web site so the search string may not appear on screen when you click on the hypertext link for a match 143 Chapter 5 Interpreting search results The search results are presented as a list of files that meet the search criteria If the target file is a standard text file then the file name path name and the line containing the first occurrence of the search text are displayed To see the contents of the file in a standard browser window click the file name If the target file is an HTML file then the title of the page the URL for the page and the first occurrence of the line within the file are listed To view the formatted HTML page in the browser window click the file Personal Profile 144 You can manage your Qube 2 directory using any standard Web browser 1 Enter the URL http lt IP address gt cobalt The Public Site screen appears
3. 121 Chapter 4 Shutdown AN Caution Turning off the power switch before the Qube 2 tells you to do so can result in lost or corrupted data The Qube 2 can only be shut down from the LCD console located on the back of the unit Refer to Powering down on page 158 in Appendix A Shutting down may take as long as a few minutes System Status The System Status section allows the Qube 2 Administrator to monitor the memory CPU disk and network status as well as the modem if it is being used In all cases the Qube 2 monitors the status of each of the subsystems and displays a green yellow red or grey circle beside each item The status of the system components is monitored by a Cobalt Networks utility called Active Monitor For more information see Active Monitor on page 127 To view the status of the various system components 1 On the Administrator Site screen click System Status on the left The status table displays the status of the system component e Green indicates correct functioning e Yellow indicates a potential problem e Red indicates that a problem exists e Grey indicates that a component or service is inactive or that no information is available yet 2 The default screen displays the Memory Status table To choose another component click the name at the top of the screen 3 In the Disk Status table under Disk you can view the disk usage statistics for the Users or Groups Click
4. 193 Appendix F CGI see Common gateway interface CGI Common gateway interface CGI A set of rules that describe how a Web server communicates with another application running on the same computer and how the application called a CGI program communicates with the Web server Any application can be a CGI program if it handles input and output according to the CGI standard Collision In an ethernet network a collision is the result of two devices attempting to transmit data at exactly the same time The network detects the collision of the two transmitted packets and discards them both Collisions are a natural occurrence on an ethernet network Ethernet technology uses carrier sense multiple access collision detect CSMA CD to allow devices to take turns using the signal carrier line When a device wants to transmit it checks the signal level of the line to determine whether another device is already using it If the line is already in use the device waits and tries again perhaps in a few seconds If the line is not in use the device transmits However two devices can transmit at the same time in which case a collision occurs and both devices detect it Each device then waits a random amount of time and retries until successful in getting the transmission sent CSMA CD DHCP DNS see carrier sense multiple access with collision detection CSMA CD see Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP see D
5. e Restricted Only the Qube 2 Administrator is allowed to install CGI scripts This option is less flexible but more secure By creating CGI scripts users and groups can have Web sites that run programs that dynamically generate HTML pages in response to specific user inputs CGI scripts can be created on a user s desktop computer and then transferred to the Qube 2 with an FTP application For more information on creating CGI scripts see CGI scripts on page 39 Administrator Site Telnet access Warning to the Qube 2 Administrator You can adversely affect the performance of your Qube 2 if you modify system configuration files Check your warranty card for details Warning Telnet access should only be used by advanced users who want to run shell scripts or use shell commands An advanced user is someone who is proficient in the internal workings of the Unix operating system With this option you specify who has telnet access to the Qube 2 e Off No telnet access is available This is the most secure option e Root only Only the root user can telnet into the Qube 2 e Root and all registered users The root user and all registered users can telnet into the Qube 2 This is the least secure option but provides the most flexibility 105 Chapter 4 IP Firewall A firewall is a set or filtering rules used to allow or deny IP packets access to the Qube 2 The IP Firewall option allows you to specify simpl
6. Note The second and third options pose security risks however they allow the user to configure options supported by the Linux operating system that cannot be configured through the Web based administration interface CGI scripts 172 The Qube 2 supports common gateway interface CGI scripts such as those written in Perl or C as well as Unix shell scripts CGI scripts allow you to develop highly interactive powerful Web based applications by building server side CGI scripts that generate Web pages in response to specific user inputs These applications range from simple scheduling and conferencing applications to sophisticated electronic commerce solutions You can develop CGI scripts on your desktop machine and then transfer them to the Qube 2 through an FTP based application that allows permission bits to be set to Executable CGI scripts must use pl or cgi filename extensions in order to be executed by the Web server Use FTP to upload cgi and pl files use ASCII mode to upload CGI files Once the file is on the Qube 2 use your FTP program to make the script executable You can also use the telnet command chmod 775 lt filename gt cgi The path to Perlis usr bin perl To set the access rights for adding CGI script files see Install CGI scripts on page 104 Appendix D Domain Name System Basic DNS The Internet uses a distributed naming system called the Domain Naming System DNS D
7. Save Changes Active Monitor 88 Administrator Site Managing the settings for the services To manage the settings for the Qube 2 services 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears See Figure 29 2 To turn on any of the services listed in the Service Settings table except Web server and Discussion Group which are always on click the check box next to that service The services are described in the sections that follow 3 Click Save Changes Note Instructions for users on how to use the Qube 2 services are given in Chapter 3 Web server This service is always on It allows users to access Web content Discussion group This service is always on It allows users to access discussions groups Discussion groups are online discussions or message boards which are open to group members Sample uses include policy discussions brainstorming and planning Email server The Qube 2 supports email for entire domains for example www mydomain com By default each registered user has an email account created on the Qube 2 The Qube 2 supports multiple client and server email protocols but does not implement virtual email users This means that for the entire Qube 2 each user must have a unique user name even if the users are on different virtual sites For more information see Email relaying on page 37 89 Chapter 4 SMTP server
8. 176 Domain Name System Configuring a secondary DNS server You can configure a secondary DNS server to provide redundant DNS service to your computers If the primary DNS server is turned off a computer can use the secondary DNS server with no loss of performance Adding a secondary name server authority for a domain To add a secondary name server authority for a domain 1 5 6 On the Administrator screen click Control Panel The Service Settings table appears Click Parameters next to the DNS service in the Service Settings table The DNS Settings table appears Click Add Secondary Forward Domain In the first field enter the name of the domain whose DNS information will be served by the IP address in the second field In the second field enter the IP address of the primary DNS server for the Qube 2 Click Update List Click Save Changes to DNS Server Adding a secondary name server authority for a network To add secondary name server authority for a network 1 On the Administrator screen click Control Panel The Service Settings table appears Click Parameters next to the DNS service in the Service Settings table The DNS Settings table appears Click Add Secondary Reverse Domain In the first field enter the network for example 192 168 1 whose DNS information will be served by the IP address in the third field In the second field enter the number of bits 8 30 for the network mask In
9. Caution Be sure to remember the password you enter here otherwise you will need to reset it See Resetting the Qube 2 Administrator password on page 60 To configure the settings for the Qube 2 Administrator 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Users on the left The User List table appears Click Administrator at the top The Administrator Settings table appears See Figure 18 Enter the first name and last name of the administrator separated by a space The user name is automatically set as admin Enter the password twice to ensure that you have entered it as intended For guidelines on choosing a password see Password guidelines on page 24 As an option enter an email address that will receive system alerts for failed services Click Save Changes 57 Chapter 4 Figure 18 shows the Administrator Settings table Figure 18 Administrator Settings table Administrator Site x User Management Administrator Users Admi rator Settings Full name z Andrew Bose Groups First name Last name 2 User name Mailing Lists 2 New Password Network Tee Fests Control Panel 2 EE email address Maintenance WARNING This page modifies the password of administrator You will need to remember this password in order to access any of the Cobalt server acminstration capabilities System Status After changing the password you may need to authenticate yourself thr
10. This product should not be placed in a built in installation unless proper ventilation is provided 3 Lithium Battery The lithium battery on the system board provides power for the real time clock and CMOS RAM The battery has an estimated useful life expectancy of 5 to 10 years If your system no longer keeps accurate time and date settings it may be time to change the battery Contact Cobalt for service information There are no operator serviceable parts inside 1 Warning There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced or replaced with the wrong type of battery Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the equipment manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to manufacturer s instructions Avertissement I y a danger d explosion s il y a remplacement incorrect de la pile Remplacer uniquement avec une pile du m me type ou d un type quivalent recommand par le fabricant Mettre au rebut les piles usag es conform ment aux instructions du fabricant Achtung Explosionsgefahr wenn die Battery in umgekehrter Polarit t eingesetzt wird Nur mit einem gleichen oder hnlichen vom Hersteller empfohlenen Typ ersetzen Verbrauchte Batterien m ssen per den Instructionen des Herstellers verwertet werden iii 4 Power Cord Caution The power supply cord is used as the main disconnect device Ensure that the socket outlet is located or installed near the
11. 2 Click Personal Profile on the left side of the screen 3 Enter your username and password if prompted Figure 50 shows the Personal Profile screen The features accessible from this screen are e modify user e email e usage data e backup e restore e Page Builder These features are described in the sections that follow Public Site Figure 50 Personal Profile screen Public Site Modify User Email Usage Data Backup Restore Page Builder Home New Full name ca Andrew Bose View Users gt ee ene es Ea Username abose View Groups J nran Search gt 8 Ney ee Personal Profile 7 Maimu allowed disk space MB 30 Programs gt Confirm Modify Administrator Site Modify user The Modify User section allows you to change your full name and password To change these settings 1 On the Personal Profile screen click Modify User at the top The Modify User table appears See Figure 50 2 Change the settings in the table 3 Click Confirm Modify Email The Qube 2 supports email for individuals and groups By default an email account is created on the Qube 2 for each registered user An email message sent to a group address is distributed automatically to the email address of each individual who belongs to that group Group mailing lists can also include email addresses that are not within the domain of the Qube 2 You can forward your incoming messages to another email address and
12. Domain Name System DNS server The Domain Name System DNS is a vital and integral part of the Internet Setting up DNS correctly on your Qube 2 is very important For this reason we have created an appendix solely for explaining DNS See Domain Name System on page 173 The appendix covers the following items e basic DNS issues e advanced DNS issues e aquick start guide detailing a sample setup of DNS for a Qube 2 e a brief history of the DNS service Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP feature allows the Qube 2 to assign automatically the network configuration information to network devices that support DHCP including Macintosh and Windows desktop computers This information includes the domain name DNS service IP address subnet mask and gateway The DHCP server assigns addresses only to machines on the primary network interface On the DHCP Parameters page you can configure e the settings for DHCP clients e the DHCP server to assign dynamic or static network information to the clients To configure the settings for a DHCP client 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears 2 Click Parameters next to the DHCP Server option The DHCP Parameters page appears with three options 3 Click Settings for DHCP Clients The Settings for DHCP Clients table appears see Figure 33 The fields a
13. Who manages your DNS records How does DNS work E Licenses F Glossary xiv 171 171 171 172 173 173 173 174 175 175 176 177 177 177 178 178 179 184 185 185 185 187 193 Chapter 1 Introduction The Cobalt Qube 2 is a powerful and versatile network server It fits easily within an existing network and it enhances workgroup activities by providing many communication and collaboration services Here is a sample of what you can do with the Cobalt Qube 2 Web publishing You can access a broad range of Web publishing capabilities for users and groups Email The Qube 2 s email service allows you to communicate internally and externally to individuals and groups It includes auto forward and auto response capabilities You can even create mailing lists that include external users Share access to the Internet You can use the high speed serial port to connect through a modem or the second Ethernet port to connect through a leased line File sharing By displaying the Qube 2 on the desktop as a shared network device you can move files easily to and from the Qube 2 using standard file sharing capabilities Private discussion groups You can work in collaboration with and remotely from the members of your group to develop and document information related to a particular topic Only group members can access these discussions Searching and automatic text indexing You can locate information on the
14. You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 0 to back up a Cobalt server but not to restore a backup file Upgrade to a later version of Internet Explorer or use a different browser software to restore the backup file 117 Chapter 4 Figure 38 shows the File Restore table Figure 38 File Restore table Ea Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor Administrator Site Backup Restore Install Software Reboot Shutdown File Restore Qe Backup Archive I Browse Selective Restore zi Restore A Backup File Note Archive restores are not possible with Microsoft Intemet Explorer version 3 If you experience problems uploading a qub archive please use a newer browser Please be careful not to interrupt an archive restore as data could be corrupted To restore a backup file 1 4 On the Maintenance screen click Restore at the top The File Restore table appears See Figure 38 The Qube 2 saves backed up data in qub files Enter the path and filename of the backup file or click Browse to select the qub file archived on your computer which you wish to restore to the server Restore times can vary widely Be careful not to interrupt an archive restore as data could be corrupted Note lf the file does not appear in the list and you are using Netscape 4 x or Internet Explorer 4 x you may need to change Fi
15. go to Adding a PCI expansion card on page 166 Adding a PCI expansion card Be careful not to damage components during the upgrade 1 Remove the screw holding the PCI slot cover in place Remove the slot cover 2 Install the PCI card into the PCI connector on the I O board See Figure 53 3 Fasten the PCI card in place with the screw that was holding the PCI slot cover Save the PCI slot cover in case you want to remove the PCI card later 4 Go to Closing the Qube 2 on page 167 166 Product Specifications Closing the Qube 2 To close up the Qube 2 perform the steps for opening the Qube 2 in reverse order 1 Slide the sheet metal cover over the metal frame The edge with the wider lip faces forward the side of with the light bar Replace the two screws one on each side on the sides of the sheet metal cover Turn the Qube 2 upside down With the rear panel facing away from you place the grey plastic skirt on the Qube 2 Align the notches in the sheet metal and slide the skirt so that it locks into place With the Qube 2 still upside down replace the two screws in the bottom to fasten the plastic skirt to sheet metal Turn the Qube 2 right side up Ensure that the light bar fits snugly in the groove of the grey skirt Slide the plastic housing down over the sheet metal cover AN Caution Pull the bottom piece out gently to get past the serial port Replace the four screws on the back p
16. move the mouse pointer over the Active Assist Q icon adjacent to the field Help text appears in a window at the bottom of the screen e Connection mode The connection mode determines when the modem connects to the PPP account e Phone number This is the phone number to dial to access the PPP account for the given user Do not include spaces in the phone number e Username This is the user name used to log into the PPP account This is set by the provider of the PPP account for example your ISP e New password This is the password used to authenticate the PPP connection for the given user Enter the password twice for verification e Modem initialization string optional Just before dialing the initialization string is sent to the modem to initialize the modem for example ATZ The Qube 2 brings the modem to its default factory settings e Local IP address optional This is the IP address for the PPP link if you are using a fixed IP address assigned by your provider If the IP address for the PPP link is assigned dynamically by the connecting server leave this field blank e Local subnet mask optional This is the netmask for the PPP link if you are using a fixed IP address assigned by your provider If the IP address for the PPP link is assigned dynamically by the connecting server leave this field blank 4 Click Save Changes 86 Administrator Site Verifying the status of the modem connection To verify the status
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18. 10 to the Relay email from these hosts domains field of the Email Parameters menu If your ISP gives you a list of 30 networks used by 30 points of presence POPs which are regional ISP offices across the country and your clients can dial in from any of them then you must trust all 30 networks or these users cannot send email through your Qube 2 Note f you do not want to allow email to be sent through the Qube 2 leave the Relay email from these hosts domains field blank For more information see Enabling the email relaying feature on page 94 Developing Web pages 38 The Qube 2 automatically provides a default home page for each individual user and each group It also supports a broad range of Web publishing capabilities that allow both novice and expert users to build and publish custom Web pages Note To access your home page enter the URL http lt hostname gt users lt username gt where lt hostname gt is the fully qualified domain name of your Qube 2 and lt username gt is your user identification on the Qube 2 FrontPage 98 and FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions The Qube 2 includes the FrontPage 98 and FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions which allow users with FrontPage client applications to publish and edit Web content easily Users can create and post Web pages using standard style templates and pre configured tools including form processing and search tools It is not nec
19. 163 142 192 168 110 4 205197 163 142 192168 1 121681 8 Internet 4 205 197 163 142 192 168 1 9 Computer lt q 205197163142 1921681 lt 205 197 163 142 192 168 1 6 grab AY Computer 121681 6 Computer 51 Chapter 3 IP Firewall A firewall is a set or filtering rules used to allow or deny IP packets access to the Qube 2 The IP Firewall option allows you to specify simple packet filtering rules which limit access to your Qube 2 You can choose to deny or allow communication in either direction between your Qube 2 and any or all IP addresses For more information see IP Firewall on page 106 Internet access through high speed serial port The Qube 2 is equipped with a high speed serial port to which you can connect an external modem If you have or can obtain a standard point to point protocol PPP dial up account with an Internet Service Provider ISP a phone line and a modem your Qube 2 can provide Internet access for your network no router is required For more information see Modem settings and the high speed serial port on page 84 Searching for information on the Qube 2 52 The search function allows a user to search rapidly for a string of text in all text and HTML files on the Qube 2 including the Web pages The search index is updated nightly The results are presented as a list that includes the file name and a one line desc
20. 64 Administrator Site Modifying a user account To modify the information for user s account 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Users on the left The Users List table appears In the Users List table locate the user whose account information you want to modify Click the green pencil O icon next to that user s name The Modify User table appears Modify the one or all of the following fields You cannot modify the user name New full name Enter the first and last names of the user separated by a space for example Alan Williams e New password Enter the new password twice to ensure that you have entered it as intended For guidelines on choosing a password see Password guidelines on page 24 e Maximum allowed disk space MB This value is the amount of disk space available to a user for file storage and Web pages The value entered must be a whole number greater than zero Click Confirm Modify The UI on the screen refreshes and the Users List table appears with the modified user If you modified the full name the user may appear in a different position in the list 65 Chapter 4 66 Modifying a user s email settings To change a user s email settings 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Users on the left The Users List table appears 2 Inthe Users List table locate the user whose email settings you want to modify 3 Click the blue envelope s aj icon next to that u
21. Qube 2 is visible in the Network Neighborhood The Find feature should produce quicker results 43 Chapter 3 44 8 Once the Qube 2 shows up in the Network Neighborhood list double click it to open it on your desktop computer A password prompt appears Enter the user name and password used on the Qube 2 the password is case sensitive Click OK If you are using a workgroup name other than WORKGROUP the Qube 2 may not appear in Network Neighborhood immediately e To view your current workgroup name click Start in the bottom left corner of the Windows screen e Select Settings and then Control Panel The Control Panel window appears e Select Network The Network dialog appears e Select the Identification tab The computer name workgroup and computer description are displayed Make note of the workgroup name and return to Step 7 Note The Qube 2 Administrator can change the server workgroup name through the Control Panel so that it matches your Windows 95 98 workgroup name See Windows file sharing SMB on page 97 Setting up Windows file sharing for Windows NT 1 Double click the Network Neighborhood icon If you are using the WORKGROUP domain or workgroup name the Qube 2 listed as lt hostname gt should be included in the list If the Qube 2 is not listed double click on the Entire Network icon to have your computer scan the entire network for devices that can be shared Select WORKG
22. Status Service Status j Software On The Cobalt Server Cobalt OS Release 4 0 Qube2 Security Release 2 1 Qube2 Update OS Release 2 0 Public Site Active Monitor 119 Chapter 4 120 To install or upgrade software from Cobalt s Web site 1 2 3 Through your Web browser go to http www cobalt com support Download the new software to your desktop computer On the Administrator Site screen of the Qube 2 click Maintenance on the left Click Install Software at the top The Install Software table appears see Figure 39 You can either e enter the path and file name of the package that you downloaded to your computer or e click Browse to locate the package that you downloaded to your computer Click Open to select the package Click Install a pkg package to automatically install or upgrade the new software on the Qube 2 To install software from a CD 1 Sls Sy o Be Insert the CD into a computer on the same network as the Qube 2 On the computer that has the CD go to the Administrator Site screen Click Maintenance on the left Click Install Software at the top Click Browse to locate the package file on the CD Click Open to select the package file Click Install a pkg package to automatically install or upgrade the new software on the Qube 2 Administrator Site Third party software The Software On The Cobalt Server table lists the various software packages that ha
23. Usage Summary describes the total disk space occupied by system files by users and by groups the amount of free disk space left and the total size of the disk You can click on the links for the users or groups to see the disk usage statistics for each user or group See Figure 40 123 Chapter 4 Network The Network Usage chart displays the number of network packets successfully sent and received the total number of errors when sending or receiving network packets the number of network packets dropped after failure in sending or receiving and the number of attempts to send several network packets at the same time the number of collisions on the Network 1 interface Modem The Modem Status chart displays the status of the connection the amount of time connected the number of bytes received and the number of bytes transmitted Service Status 124 The Service Status section allows the Qube 2 Administrator to monitor Web email and discussion services and the status of the file sharing services SNMP DNS DHCP and telnet services It follows the same LED conventions as the System Status section The status of the system services is monitored by a Cobalt Networks utility called Active Monitor For more information see Active Monitor on page 127 To view the status of the various system services 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Service Status on the left The status table displays the status of the syst
24. You can develop CGI scripts on your desktop machine and then transfer them to the Qube 2 through an FTP based application that allows permission bits to be set to Executable CGI scripts must use pl or cgi filename extensions in order to be executed by the Web server 39 Chapter 3 Use FTP to upload cgi and pl files use ASCII mode to upload CGI files Once the file is on the Qube 2 use your FTP program to make the script executable You can also use the telnet command chmod 775 lt filename gt cgi The path to Perlis usr bin perl To set the access rights for installing CGI scripts see Install CGI scripts on page 104 Publishing Web pages using FTP 40 After creating your Web pages you can publish them on the Qube 2 using FTP Ensure that you have the following information e the host name or the IP address of your Qube 2 e your username and password e a filename of your choice to save as your main page the default filename is index html Launch your FTP software and establish an FTP link to the Qube 2 Upload your HTML files If you need help consult the instructions for your FTP application By default the files you upload using FTP are stored in your personal directory the directory path is lt IP address gt users lt username gt where e lt IP address gt is the Qube 2 s IP address lt username gt is your user name Note to Qube 2 Administrators To post Web pages for
25. a message 1 In the Discussion Group Message window click Add in the Attachment frame Again a separate browser window opens and offers a list of files in your personal directory on the Qube 2 If there is a folder in the list click on the folder to display its contents Click on the file you want to attach to highlight it Click Open The browser window closes and the file appears in the Add field of the Discussion Group Message screen To attach another file return to Step 1 Click Submit to post the message The browser window refreshes and the discussion group window is displayed with the new message 139 Chapter 5 Replying to a message The reply appears indented in the list under the original message to which it is replying in a nested arrangement The content of the original message is indented within the reply message To reply to a message 1 Click Reply Message at the top The browser window displays the Discussion Group Message window Fill in the fields for a new message e Subject line optional e Attachment optional see Adding an attachment to a message on page 139 e Message Click Submit to post the message or Cancel to cancel the message The browser window refreshes and the discussion group window is displayed with the new message Deleting a message To delete a message from the list 1 2 Click once on the message to highlight it Click Delete Message a
26. and verifies the password against those eight characters only The valid characters include a z A Z 0 9 A amp _ Vie gl Trat Use both upper and lower case letters Note A password is case sensitive Do not use a proper name Do not use a word found in a dictionary Do not use a date Do not use a command word Do not use a string of consecutive keys on a keyboard for example qwerty Setting up the Qube 2 Services Setup The Services Setup screen appears see Figure 10 Choose the services that you would like to be active on the Qube 2 For an explanation of services refer to Chapter 3 Services on the Qube 2 on page 33 Click the NEXT button to move to the next screen Figure 10 Services Setup screen 3 of 7 Services Setup step 3 of 7 Select the services to be available to all users and groups Service Settings Q e Web Server j tar vn Q Discussion Group Asraperun EI Email Server File Transfer Protocol FTP Server ad Windows file sharing SMB bd Apple file sharing AppleS hare OCOLO 00 8 8 K g Frontpage Server Extensions Note Advanced services can be configwed later in the administrator site 25 Chapter 2 Time Setup The Time Setup screen appears see Figure 11 Enter the current date time and time zone on the Qube 2 For more information on the time settings see Time on page 110 Click the NEXT button to move to the nex
27. appears in the browser window If no Web page content has been created a default Web page appears To return to the View Group List table click the Back button on your Web browser Sending an email to a group To send an email to a group 1 134 Click View Groups The View Group List table appears See Figure 45 Click the green envelope af icon next to that group This action launches the email client on your personal computer An email message window appears addressed to the group To return to the View Group List table click the Back button on your Web browser Public Site Posting a message to a discussion thread For a detailed explanation of discussion threads see Working in collaboration through discussions on page 135 Creating Web content To create Web content on the Qube 2 see Developing Web pages on page 38 Working in collaboration through discussions Threaded discussions allow groups of individuals to develop and document a body of information on a particular topic The discussion feature lets users collaborate without having to meet face to face This feature is especially useful for individuals who are geographically dispersed or who otherwise find it difficult to meet Another key feature is the self documenting nature of a threaded discussion users can review postings to understand the who what and why of a particular topic Rules of discussions Discussions are group based a
28. com in the text area If you intend to receive mail addressed directly to your domain name add that name here Note f you entering a domain name or part of a domain name in the text box you must have reverse DNS working on your clients File Transfer Protocol server As the Qube 2 Administrator you can enable the anonymous File Transfer Protocol FTP server set limits on the size of files that can be uploaded and set the number of simultaneous users This feature allows a user without a password to download and upload files through FTP up to the specified disk space limit Figure 31 shows the FTP Settings table FTP Settings table Administrator Site Figure 31 T Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time Users y ETP a2 Off Groups gt On allow i Anonymous FTP 20 MBof incoming files Mailing Lists 10 simultaneous users Network Save Changes c Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor 95 Chapter 4 96 To change the FTP settings for your Qube 2 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears the FTP server option is checked on by default 2 Click Parameters next to the FTP Server option The FTP Settings table appears See Figure 31 3 You can turn anonymous FTP on or off If you turn it on you can indicate a size limit in MB for incoming files you can als
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30. domain that you have configured for the DNS server To add a new domain follow the same steps as described above In the Domain Name field replace the default domain name with the new domain name that you want to create For further information refer to the following e In the Cobalt Knowledge Base search on DNS e http www dnswiz com dnsworks htm e http www europe cisco com warp public 787 indexDNS html Brief history of the Domain Name System DNS 184 In the 1960s the U S Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA and later DARPA began funding an experimental wide area computer network called the ARPAnet The ARPAnet used a centrally administered file called HOSTS TXT which held all name to address mapping for each host computer connected to the ARPAnet Since there were only a handful of host computers at the start HOSTS TXT worked well When the ARPAnet moved to the Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP suite of protocols and become known as the Internet the population of the network exploded HOSTS TXT became plagued with problems namely e traffic and load e name collisions e consistency A replacement for the HOSTS TXT file was needed The goal was to create a system that solved the problems inherent in a unified host table system The new system should allow local administration of data and also make that data globally available In 1984 the architect
31. equipment and is easily accessible Attention Le cordon d alimentation sert d interrupteur g n ral La prise de courant doit tre situ e ou install e proximit du mat riel et offrir un acc s facile Achtung Zur sicheren Trennung des Ger tes vom netz ist der Netzstecker zu ziehen Vergewissern Sie sich dass die Steckdose leicht zuganglich ist 5 Electrical Shock To reduce the risk of electrical shock do not disassemble this product Take it to a qualified service person when service or repair work is required Opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other risks Incorrect reassembly can cause electric shock when this product is subsequently used 6 Browsers Both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer have bugs that can cause intermittent unexplained failures When using a Web browser to interact with your Cobalt Qube 2 you may occasionally experience a browser failure Released product versions of the browsers are usually more reliable than beta versions and later versions typically work the most reliably A browser program failure although annoying does not adversely affect your Cobalt Qube 2 s data iv Regulations and Information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
32. gt where lt server gt is the NFS server and lt share gt is the NFS volume to mount and write to You must have write privileges to this directory e The Password is ignored for NFS server backups For a backup by SMB Server Windows File Sharing e The location should be lt user gt windowspc lt share gt This mounts the volume lt share gt on the Windows server using lt user gt as the login The Password field must contain the password for lt user gt e For volumes that do not require a user the location should be windowspc share For All Scheduled backups e Ensure the target location is available and has enough disk space to hold the backup archive Failure to do this may result in zero length or truncated archives Administrator Site Restore You must restore data from the same machine on which the data was backed up The Qube 2 Administrator can restore all the files on the Qube 2 Note Legato NetWorker client software is also available on the Qube 2 to support backup and restore needs For more information see Legato file backup on page 99 Caution The system restores data only for example email messages stored on the server or Web files It does NOT restore users or groups to a Qube 2 Caution The system does not merge the current and backed up data When data is restored any changes made to files on the Qube 2 since the last backup are lost Caution
33. of the modem connection 1 On the Administrator Site screen click System Status on the left The Memory Status table appears 2 Click Modem at the top The Modem Status table appears See Figure 28 Control Panel Through the Control Panel screen the Qube 2 Administrator can enter the settings for the e services e access rights to different features and capabilities e IP firewall e time and time zone Note For help with a particular field move the mouse pointer over the Active Assist Q icon adjacent to the field Help text appears in a window at the bottom of the screen 87 Chapter 4 Services Figure 29 shows the Service Settings table of the Services section Figure 29 Service Settings table Administrator Site Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time usas Groupe CA Web ServetyAtvare n 2 QR Discussion Group Aswarer on Mailing Lists a Al TEAS Parareters Network Qe pie Tanster Protocol ETP Server Parameters Control Panel J 8 Zi Windows file sharing SMB Parameters Maintenance 2 a Apple file sharing AppleS hare System Status 2 m Frontpage Server Extensions Service Status 2 a E Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Agent Parameters Qa g Legato File Backup Public Site T NS Domain Name Service DNS Server Parameters 2 EJES Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Server pParame ters
34. proper IP address e Click Add Mail Server Lookup e Leave the Host Name field blank Inthe Domain Name field type mydomain com e In the Mail Server field type www mydomain com e In the Delivery Preference field you can choose from the pull down menu Very Low Low High or Very High For our example the Delivery Preference can be set to High e Click Update List See Figure 58 You are now finished with creating your DNS records IMPORTANT Click Save Changes to DNS Server This activates the changes you have made If you exit this screen without saving your changes they will not become active The completed DNS Settings table is regenerated as in Figure 58 Figure 58 Completed DNS Settings table Ees Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor Administrator Site Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time Add Forward Lookup Add Reverse Lookup Add Mail Server Lookup Add Alias Lookup Add Secondary Forward Domain Add Secondary Reverse Domain DNS Settings for mydomain com mydomain com 192 168 10 10 O www mydomaincom gt 192 168 10 10 Oo 192 168 10 1024 m mydomain com O mydomain com mail is sent to the High priority mail server oraw mydomain com 6 E a 183 Appendix D To edit another domain select another domain from the Select Domain or Network pull down menu You can select any
35. screen To set the Windows file sharing parameters 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears the Windows file sharing option is checked on by default 2 Click Parameters next to the Windows file sharing SMB option The SMB Parameters table appears See Figure 32 3 Enter the SMB parameters The following paragraphs explain these parameters 4 Click Save Changes in the SMB Parameters table 5 Click Save Changes in the Service Settings table Figure 32 shows the Windows File Sharing SMB Parameters table Figure 32 Windows File Sharing SMB Parameters table Administrator Site Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time Users SMB Parameters a 8 Workgroup or NT Domain WORKGROUP Groups e Windows 95 Network Logon Support o Mailing Lists Q Be AWINS Server N wos serer Othermachine Network Control Panel 3 ET CED Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor 97 Chapter 4 98 The parameters are Workgroup or NT Domain Enter a workgroup or NT domain to which you want the Qube 2 to belong This entry determines how the Qube 2 appears in the Network Neighborhood on a Windows client machine Windows 95 Network Logon Support Enable this option if you want the Qube 2 to act as a Windows logon server authenticating users when they begin a session on a Windows 95 or Windows 98 machine This means that
36. screen click Mailing Lists on the left The Mailing Lists table appears Click Add Mailing List The Add Mailing List table appears See Figure 26 Enter a name for the mailing list You can only use lowercase English letters numbers and the hyphen and underscore _ characters There is no limit on the number of characters in the name Add recipients to the mailing list e To add an external recipient to the mailing list enter the complete email address in the External Recipients field for example tstonis xyz com e To add an existing Qube 2 user click to turn on the check box next to the user name at the bottom of the table To remove an existing Qube 2 user click to turn off the check box next to the user name Click Confirm New Mailing List The UI on the screen refreshes and the Mailing Lists table appears with the new mailing list and members 77 Chapter 4 Figure 26 shows the Add Mailing List table Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor Figure 26 Add Mailing List table Administrator Site y Add Mailing List Mains List Name Etema Recipients 4 gt Revistered User Recipients J abose C blumbergh OO dtan O aaaick earenas J egordillo O emenea O jown C kchiu C keichmann O mposs O nsanaille O melis C thockin Confirm New Mailing List C
37. the button After resetting the Qube 2 powers down and the LCD screen displays PLEASE SWITCH POWER OFF NOW Press the On Off button the back panel to turn off the Qube 2 Resetting the network also disables the IP firewall filtering rules if you had enabled that option To re enable the filtering rules 1 2 3 On the Administrator Site click Control Panel on the left Click IP Firewall at the top Click Enable IP Filtering to re enable the filtering rules 159 Appendix A Resetting IP Firewall The Reset Filters function turns off the IP firewall filtering rules To reset the filtering rules 1 On the LCD console hold down the button for approximately 2 seconds The LCD screen displays SELECT SETUP NETWORK 2 Press the button until RESET FILTERS appears in the LCD screen SELECT RESET FILTERS 3 Press the button 4 Use the arrow buttons to toggle the cursor between Y and N Select Y to disable the IP filters 5 Press the button To re enable the filtering rules 1 On the Administrator Site click Control Panel on the left 2 Click IP Firewall at the top 3 Click Enable IP Filtering to re enable the filtering rules 160 Appendix B Product Specifications Technical Data for the Qube 2 Hardware The Qube 2 has the following hardware components See http www cobalt com for the most up to date information on the hardware specifications 64 bit superscalar RI
38. the following morning therefore the documents do not show up in the search results until after that time Figure 48 shows the Search Tool feature Figure 48 Search Tool feature Ee Home View Users View Groups Search Public Site The search index is updated nightly The search tool can rapidly search through all html and text files on the Cobalt server Search Tool mter Public documents only e Taction Al accessible documents public and private Personal Profile Programs Administrator Site 141 Chapter 5 142 Performing a search To search for a string of text 1 Click Search on the left The Search Tool table appears See Figure 48 In the Find Text field enter the string for which you want to search The string must contain at least three characters the search is not case sensitive You can search for a string in public documents only or in both public and private documents belonging to you or your groups Public documents only allows any user registered or unregistered to search all text files including HTML files stored on all of the public directories on the Qube 2 This search includes all of the user and group public directories but does not include any discussion groups All accessible documents allows an authenticated user a registered user who has an authenticated password to search for text files in all of the public directories and in all o
39. the mailing list the reply does not go only to the sender The Qube is designed this way You can change the settings in majordomo but this is not supported by Cobalt To reply to the sender only forward the email back to that person Do not use the reply command Figure 25 shows the Mailing Lists table Figure 25 Mailing Lists table Administrator Site Users Add Mailing List D Mailing Lists Groups Name e Recipients Mailing Lists earenas egordillo fred xyz org gmeneil jlovell mposs nsarraille rcelis ra yeling striker flowbie gov thockin Network eastcoast abose dtran earenas gmcneil kchiu mposs relis Ov Control Panel home 0 Ww Maintenance gt managers abose blumbergh dzraick gmeneil oO cueceawacta sales abose earenas kchiu elis thockin Ov software blumbergh dtran dzraick jlovell nsarraille oO my Service Status t training blumbergh earenas emcneil mposs nsarraille Ov anaes user_manuals abose egordillo gmeneil relis Ov walk_run_club dtran dzraick earenas joey xyz org keichmann total cobalt com oO west_coast _blumbergh dzraick egortillo jlovell keichmann nsarraille thockin Ou Active Monitor 76 Administrator Site Configuring the mailing list settings The Qube 2 Administrator can add a mailing list modify a mailing list remove a mailing list Adding a mailing list To add a mailing list 1 On the Administrator Site
40. this IP address and host name pair so that IP address host name pairs can be resolved in both directions Reverse lookup PTR records that are generated automatically assume the network mask of 255 255 255 0 24 bits 8 9 Domain Name System Click Update List Click Save Changes to DNS Server Specifying a reverse lookup PTR record A DNS server can also resolve a computer host name to an IP address which is known as reverse lookup The network mask or subnet size is specified by an integer from 8 to 32 See Table 2 Network Mask Notation Conversion on page 178 To specify a reverse lookup PTR record 1 5 6 On the Administrator screen click Control Panel The Service Settings table appears Click Parameters next to the DNS service in the Service Settings table The DNS Settings table appears Click Add Reverse Lookup Enter the host name and domain name you want to serve for example www and yourdomain com and enter its IP address for example 192 168 1 1 and network mask for example 24 Click Update List Click Save Changes to DNS Server Specifying a mail server MX record To specify a mail server MX record 1 On the Administrator screen click Control Panel The Service Settings table appears Click Parameters next to the DNS service in the Service Settings table The DNS Settings table appears Click Add Mail Server Lookup Enter the host name and domain name you wa
41. to the Internet Connect the Secondary Network Interface 10 100 BaseTX to your Internet line with twisted pair ethernet cabling see Figure 5 Connecting the locking power supply To connect the locking power supply pull back on the sliding connector and push the connector into the 12V DC locking power socket see Figure 5 Connect the other end of the power supply cord to an electrical outlet Powering on the Qube 2 Turn on the power by pressing the On Off switch on the back of the Qube 2 see Figure 2 The hard disk spins up and the fan turns on The light bar on the front of the unit blinks a few times and then glows steadily A number of status messages are displayed on the LCD screen as the Qube 2 completes its boot process AN Caution Itis important to follow the proper power down procedure before turning off the Qube 2 Refer to Powering down on page 158 in Appendix A Configuring Network Settings Now that you have made the network and power connections you can configure the network settings The Qube 2 requires specific network information in order to function properly Depending on the network environment the Qube 2 may be able to obtain all of the necessary information from a dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP server on the network If Setting up the Qube 2 so the Qube 2 tries to configure itself automatically If not you must enter the necessary information manually using the LCD con
42. x Groups Setup step 7 of 7 Groups are communities of users who share common interests Set group defaults and then create new groups z Groups List Group Name Group Members 2 home No Group Members O mip Note The group home is generated automatically Its members have the ability to modify the home page of this Cobalt server 29 Chapter 2 30 Product Registration The Product Registration screen appears see Figure 15 If you are connected to the Internet you can register the Qube 2 by completing the online registration If you are not connected to the Internet this screen does not appear Fill out the registration card included in the packaging materials and return it to Cobalt Networks Inc By doing so you will receive notifications of system and security upgrades and new product information Cobalt Networks Inc 555 Ellis Street Mountain View CA USA 94043 Note f you are not yet connected to the Internet you cannot register online Completing configuration with the Setup Wizard When you ve entered the information in the Setup Wizard click FINISH Once the Qube 2 has been configured the Public Site screen appears and the setup is complete see Figure 16 This page also appears when you point your browser at the URL http lt IP address gt cobalt The buttons on the left side of this screen provide access to the information and functions on this site Move the cursor over the bu
43. your email address for example username hostname domain com Block email from these users hosts domains In this field enter email addresses host or domains from which you want to block any email Anyone trying to send you messages from one of these addresses or domains will receive an error message in return Caution Some users advise you to open relay to all com edu net and other top level domain addresses This is BAD ADVICE Doing so allows hosts belonging to com edu net and others to relay email through your Cobalt server These open relays can lead to unsolicited commercial email spam mail being forwarded through your server Spam mail can appear as though it originated from your server and as a result others may blacklist your server as a known spam site If your server is blacklisted many mail servers will not relay your email and your customers will not receive a large amount of their email messages 93 Chapter 4 94 Enabling the email relaying feature To enable email relaying add the IP addresses or domain names or both of the machines which use your Cobalt Qube 2 as the SMTP server Note f you do not want to allow email to be sent through the Qube 2 leave the Relay email from these hosts domains field blank You can download email but cannot send outgoing emails through Qube 2 Systems messages are still delivered locally to the Qube 2 Administrator 1 On the Admi
44. 2 Appendix F Glossary 10 100 BaseTX An Ethernet connection over twisted pair cables with a throughput of 10 Mb s or 100 Mb s 10BaseT A 10 Mb s baseband Ethernet specification using two pairs of twisted pair cabling Category 3 4 or 5 one pair for transmitting data and the other for receiving data 10BaseT part of the IEEE 802 3 specification has a distance limit of approximately 328 feet 100 meters per segment 100BaseTX A 100 Mb s baseband Fast Ethernet specification using two pairs of either unshielded twisted pair UTP or shielded twisted pair STP wiring The first pair of wires is used to receive data the second pair is used to transmit To guarantee proper signal timing a 100BaseTX segment cannot exceed 328 feet 100 meters in length 100BaseTX is based on the IEEE 802 3 standard AppleShare A file sharing protocol in Apple system software that allows sharing of files and network services through a file server in the Apple Macintosh environment Carrier sense In a local area network LAN an ongoing activity of a data station to detect whether another station is transmitting Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection CSMA CD A protocol that requires carrier sense and in which a transmitting data station that detects another signal while transmitting stops sending sends a jam signal and then waits for a variable period of time before sending again Used in ethernet LAN technology
45. 53 Chapter 5 Finding specific documents You can find documents based on specific criteria For example you can ask the InfoPlace Document Organizer to find all of the documents authored by Bill Lumbergh and labeled Competitive Analysis The InfoPlace Document Organizer finds all of the documents within its Infobase that meet both of the criteria and presents the results to you as a list of URLs From the browser you have the option of checking the properties of each of these URLs You can also click on one of the URLs download the file to your computer and open the file in its original application as long as you have that application software Administrator Site If you are the Qube 2 Administrator you can access the Administrator Site screen from the Public Site screen Click Administrator on the left If you are not already logged in as the administrator you are prompted for the Qube 2 Administrator user name and password For more information on the Administrator Site screen see Chapter 4 Administrator Site 154 Appendix A Using the LCD console During startup the LCD screen on the back of the Cobalt Qube 2 displays status information about the boot process itself When setting up the Qube 2 you use the LCD console to enter network configuration information for the Qube 2 Once the Qube 2 is running the LCD console serves several purposes Through the LCD console you can e change
46. Address Translation VAT Public Site Mac Address 00 10 20 00 46 3F Interface Settings Secondary Interface The secondary interface is not connected to the network Please coordinate this information with your system adminstrator to ensure the integrity of your network Save Changes Active Monitor 81 Chapter 4 82 Entering the settings for the network configuration To enter or change the settings for the network configuration for the Qube 2 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Network on the left The settings tables for the network configuration appear See Figure 27 2 Modify the one or all of the general settings _ Note For help with a particular field move the mouse pointer over the Active Assist icon adjacent to the field Help text appears in a window at the bottom of the screen e Host name This is a name you assign to the Qube 2 for example qube1 This field must be filled in e Domain name The Qube 2 requires a domain name for example mydomain com or xyz com The host name and domain name must be coordinated by the network administrator in order for you to access the Qube 2 by its name and not just by its IP address The Qube 2 Administrator must also register the domain name Visit the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN at http www icann org for a list of accredited domain name registrars e Primary DNS server address This is the IP address of y
47. California Berkeley and its contributors 4 Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE 187 Appendix E GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2 June 1991 Copyright C 1989 1991 Free Software Foundation Inc 59 Temple Place Suite 330 Boston MA 02111 1307 USA TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0 This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License The Program below refers to any such program or work and a
48. Cobalt Qube 2 User Manual NETWORKS 2000 Cobalt Networks Inc All rights reserved Part Number 070 00221 01 Date 07 2000 Cobalt Networks and Cobalt Qube are trademarks of Cobalt Networks Inc All other company brand and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby recognized This publication and the information herein is furnished AS IS subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Cobalt Networks Inc Furthermore Cobalt Networks Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies makes no warranty of any kind express implied or statutory with respect to this publication and expressly disclaims any and all warranties of merchantability fitness for particular purposes and non infringement of third party rights The majority of the software used within the Cobalt Qube 2 can be freely distributed under the terms of the BSD copyright and the GNU Public License However some applications remain the property of their owners and require their permission to redistribute For a complete listing of the software used within the Cobalt Qube 2 and the terms under which it can be distributed refer to the Cobalt Web site at http www cobalt com The copyright for the Glimpse search engine used in this product is held by the University of Arizona Use of it is limited to this product Rights to distribute Glimps
49. Connected If the phone line you use for Internet access is also used for voice or fax communication or if your Internet access is charged by the minute then choose Dial on demand The modem accesses the Internet only when a user requires Internet access Note If you choose Dial on demand your first attempt to access the Internet may time out before your modem can establish a connection to your ISP If this happens wait for a short period then try again Figure 28 shows the Modem Dial out Settings table Figure 28 Modem Dial out Settings table Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor Administrator Site Ethemet Modem Modem Dial out Settings Not used Connection Mode Q Dial on demand Always connected Phone Number o User name New Password New Password again e Modem Initialization String optional Local IP Address optional e Local Subnet Mask optional Save Changes c 85 Chapter 4 Changing the modem settings To enter or change the modem settings for the Qube 2 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Network on the left The settings tables for the network configuration appear 2 Click Modem at the top The Modem Dial out Settings table appears See Figure 28 3 Modify the one or all of the following fields Note For help with a particular field
50. Figure 24 Add New Group table Eas Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor Administrator Site Add New Group 2 Group Name Maximum allowed disk space MB Group Members C abose OD dtan C eaenas O emcreil O khu O mposs O reis 50 C blumbergh C dzmick C egordillo O jlovel O keichmann O nsaraile C thockin Confirm New Group CED 73 Chapter 4 74 Modifying a group To modify the members of a group or the maximum allowed disk space for the group 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Groups on the left The Groups List table appears 2 Inthe list locate the group that you want to modify 3 Click the green pencil O icon next to that group The Modify Group table appears 4 Modify the one or both of the following fields e Maximum allowed disk space MB This value is the amount of disk space available to a user for file storage and Web pages The value entered must be a whole number greater than zero e Group Members Add members to or remove members from the group To add a member to the group click to turn on the check box next to the user name To remove a member from the group click to turn off the check box next to the user name 5 Click Confirm Modify The UI on the screen refreshes and the Groups List table appears If you modified the group me
51. ID Forwarding incoming email to several recipients If a user will not be accessing his or her email account for a period of time and wants to forward incoming email messages to several recipients the Qube 2 Administrator can create a mailing list for the user To do so 1 The Qube 2 Administrator creates a mailing list made up of the email addresses to which the user wants to forward the email See Adding a mailing list on page 77 In the user s email settings the Qube 2 Administrator enters the name of the mailing list in the Forward Email To field See Modifying a user s email settings on page 66 Note The forwarded email message is NOT saved in the email account of the original recipient 78 Administrator Site Modifying a mailing list To modify a mailing list 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Mailing Lists on the left The Mailing Lists table appears In the list locate the group that you want to modify Click the green pencil icon next to that mailing list The Modify Mailing List table appears Modify the one or both of the following fields Mailing list name Modify the name of the mailing list You can only use lowercase English letters numbers and the hyphen and underscore _ characters There is no limit on the number of characters in the name External recipients Add or remove external recipients To add an external recipient enter the complete email ad
52. List table appears See Figure 44 Click the green globe Q icon next to that user The Web page for the user appears in the browser window If the user has not created Web page content a default Web page appears To return to the View User List table click the Back button on your Web browser Sending an email to another user To send an email to another user 1 2 Click View Users The View User List table appears See Figure 44 Click the green envelope Sa icon next to that user This action launches the email client on your personal computer An email message window appears addressed to the user To return to the View User List table click the Back button on your Web browser Creating Web content To create Web content on the Qube 2 see Developing Web pages on page 38 132 Public Site View Groups From this site a user can e view the list of all of the groups on the Qube 2 e visit a group s public Web page available to all registered users on the Qube 2 e visit a group s private Web page available only to the members of the group e send an email to a group e post a message to a discussion board for the group Viewing the groups To view the groups click View Groups The View Group List table appears For each group the table displays the group name and the user names of the members of the group Figure 45 shows the View Group List table Figure 45 View Group List table
53. MB Windows based machines use a file sharing protocol called Server Message Block SMB or Common Internet File System CIFS Once SMB is set up the Qube 2 appears in your Network Neighborhood as a machine named lt hostname gt The lt hostname gt is the name that the Qube 2 Administrator assigned to the Qube 2 either in the Setup Wizard or the Control Panel screen of the Qube 2 Administrator Site Clicking the lt hostname gt icon in Network Neighborhood opens a window that provides an overview of the files and subdirectories that you can access Note f you don t see the Network Neighborhood on your computer consult with your network administrator Before you begin Windows 95 and Windows 98 users The user name on the Qube 2 must be identical to the user name on your computer before you can access your subdirectory on the Qube 2 If necessary restart your computer and log in as a new user using the user name and password that are stored on the Qube 2 If your Windows password does not match the Qube 2 password you are prompted for the Cobalt password when you first connect to your Qube 2 through Network Neighborhood Services on the Qube 2 Setting up Windows file sharing for Windows 95 and 98 1 Ifthe user name is the same on both your computer and the Qube 2 go to Step 6 2 Ifthe user name on your computer is different from the user name on the Qube 2 click the Start button in the bottom left corner of your s
54. NS allows us to refer to computers by host names as well as by Internet Protocol IP addresses IP addresses are hard to remember and are inconvenient to use DNS allows us to use host names and domain names which can resolved to IP addresses DNS servers translate host names and domain names for example www cobalt com to an associated IP address for example 192 168 1 10 For example Cobalt Networks has registered the domain name cobalt com for use by our servers mail cobalt com www cobalt com and others The host names mail and www represent different servers registered in the same domain A domain name is a computer name suffix shared by a group of computers in the same organization A domain name should be associated with an IP address through a Forward Lookup record Domain names are organized in a hierarchy this hierarchy includes your company or server name and a country code for example uk or ca or a top level domain for example com or edu A Web site on the server is created with one IP address one host name and one domain name that together establish the identity of that Web site on the Internet Each domain name requires a primary domain authority on one DNS server A secondary DNS server acts as a backup to the primary DNS information is configurable only on the primary server and not on the backup server 173 Appendix D 174 Enabling the DNS server feature IM
55. PORTANT Always click Save Changes to DNS Server after modifying DNS records If you do not the changes will not take effect To enable the DNS server on the Qube 2 1 On the Administrator screen click Control Panel The Service Settings table appears 2 Click the check box for Domain Name System DNS Server to turn it on if it is not already turned on 3 Click Save Changes To set the optional DNS services click Parameters next to the DNS service in the Service Settings table Configuring a primary DNS server A primary DNS server maintains a list of name records and their associated IP addresses This list is made available to other DNS servers if your domain is registered with your country specific domain naming organization Your Internet service provider ISP can help you register your Internet server To configure a primary DNS server for your Qube 2 1 On the Administrator screen click Control Panel The Service Settings table appears 2 Click the check box for Domain Name System DNS Server to turn it on if it is not already turned on 3 Click Save Changes 4 Click Parameters next to the DNS service in the Service Settings table The DNS Settings table appears 5 Click Add Forward Lookup 6 Enter the host name and domain name you want to serve for example www and yourdomain com and enter its IP address for example 192 168 1 1 7 You can enable Automatic Reverse Lookup Generation for
56. PORTANT Coordinate the network configuration information with your system administrator to ensure the integrity of your network Incorrect network settings can result in a loss of connectivity The Qube 2 can be set up in three different ways e Both intranet and Internet communication is provided through the Primary Network Interface e Intranet access is provided through the Primary Network Interface Internet access is provided through the Secondary Network Interface e Intranet access is provided through the Primary Network Interface Internet access is provided by modem through the high speed serial port Administrator Site Ethernet settings Be sure to enter the IP address of your DNS server s here Otherwise the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP will not work SMTP is used for transferring electronic mail messages For more information on DNS see Appendix D Domain Name System on page 173 Figure 27 shows the network settings tables Figure 27 Network settings tables Administrator Site Ethernet Modem prem General Settings ser i R Hostuame leases Groups Domainname jcobaltnet com Mailing Lists e Primary DNS Server Address 10 9 25 13 e Secondary DNS Server Address m Network optional Default Gatewa 10 9 25 254 Control Panel Q if Forwarding a Maintenance Interface Settings Primary Interface Seen Sue P Aiss 10 9 23 88 Service Status 2J Subnet Mask 55 255 0 0 Network
57. Qube 2 by searching for words or phrases stored in text and HTML files The search index is updated automatically every day Document archival and retrieval The InfoPlace Document Organizer allows you to store locate and retrieve any kind of document These services can be used within an extranet or an intranet environment or across the Internet Chapter 1 General Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the Qube 2 controls indicators and connectors Front view of the Qube 2 The indicator light bar on the front glows green when the Qube 2 is powered on Figure 1 Qube 2 front view Indicator Introduction Rear view of the Qube 2 Figure 2 shows the controls and connectors on the back panel Figure 2 Qube 2 rear view Security lock hole PCI slot shield LCD screen On Off switch Reset LCD Password console Locking power socket Serial port Secondary Primary Network Network Interface Interface The PCI slot shield covers the PCI expansion slot of the Qube 2 This shield is removed when a PCI expansion card is plugged in See Adding a PCI expansion card on page 166 The On Off switch powers the Qube 2 on or off You can use the recessed Reset Password button if you forget the Qube 2 Administrator password See Resetting the Qube 2 Administrator password on page 60 The Serial port allows you to connect a standard Hayes comp
58. ROUP Once the Workgroup server list is visible double click the Qube 2 that you want to access You can log into the Qube 2 as the Qube 2 Administrator or as any one of the registered users You may see a password prompt depending on how your computer has been configured If so enter the user name and password used on the Qube 2 the password is case sensitive Click OK Services on the Qube 2 You may want to log in to the Qube 2 as a different user If you see a password prompt in Step 3 you can do so However if your Windows NT account uses the same user name and password as the Qube 2 account the password prompt in Step 3 will not appear In this case you must first exit your Windows NT session From the Start menu select Shut down the computer The Shut Down Windows NT dialog appears e Select the radio button Close all programs and log on as a different user The computer closes all programs and logs out as the current user A password prompt then appears for a new user e Enter the enter the user name and password e Click OK Using AppleShare The Macintosh file sharing protocol is called AppleShare If AppleShare is enabled in the Setup Wizard the Qube 2 appears as an AppleShare volume in the Macintosh s Chooser 1 From the Apple menu in the top left corner select Chooser The Chooser dialog appears In the window on the left select AppleShare In the list in the scrolling wi
59. SC controller 16 MB 32 MB or 64 MB DRAM packaged in Single In Line Memory Modules SIMMs 60 ns 72 pin EDO 3 3 v Possible to upgrade to a maximum of 256 MB DRAM two 128 MB modules Ultra ATA hard drive Two 10 100 BaseTX ethernet network interfaces PCI slot for expansion LCD console for easy setup and administration High speed serial port Software The Qube 2 has the following software features Features Linux 2 0 multitasking operating system Apache 1 3 Web server HTTP 1 1 compliant Common gateway interface CGI support Perl 5 0 scripting FrontPage98 and FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions 3 0 Email protocol support Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP4 Post Office Protocol POP3 File transfer protocol FTP support 161 Appendix B e Server Message Block SMB CIFS e AppleShare and AppleShare over IP e The Glimpse search engine e Domain Name System DNS server Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIND e Legato Networker client e InfoPlace Document Organizer System management e Browser based Setup Wizard e Browser based Qube 2 administration e Online Active Assist real time help e Active Monitor maintenance agents e Advanced management using telnet e Text and HTML indexing and searching e Private discussion groups e Browser based HTML editor e Browser based backup and restore utility e Browser based software upgrade Physical data The Q
60. SL 202 A parallel interface standard used by Apple Macintosh computers PCs and many Unix systems for attaching peripheral devices to computers SCSI interfaces provide for faster data transmission rates up to 80 Mb s than standard serial and parallel ports In addition you can attach many devices to a single SCSI port so that SCSI is really an input output bus rather than simply an interface Although SCSI is an ANSI standard there are many variations so two SCSI interfaces can be incompatible For example SCSI supports several types of connectors see Server Message Block SMB see Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP see Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP see Secure Socket Layer SSL Glossary Subnet mask A number that in conjunction with an IP address defines the set of IP addresses that are considered local For example if your IP address is 192 168 25 77 and your subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 then addresses between 192 168 25 1 and 192 168 25 255 are considered local Also known as netmask Swap file A space on a hard disk used as the virtual memory extension of a computer s random access memory RAM Having a swap file allows the computer s operating system to pretend that it has more RAM than it actually does The least recently used files in RAM are swapped out to your hard disk until they are needed later in their place new program segments or data can be swapped in to RAM Tr
61. See Powering down on page 158 2 Unplug the Qube 2 3 Remove the power cord from the rear panel of the Qube 2 The power connector is located in the bottom right corner See Figure 2 on page 3 To remove the power cord slide the locking sleeve back and pull the connector out 4 Remove the four screws on the back panel to release the blue plastic housing from the sheet metal cover underneath 5 Slide the plastic housing up N Caution Pull the bottom piece out gently to get past the serial port 6 Turn the Qube 2 upside down Remove the two screws from the bottom to release the grey plastic skirt from the sheet metal 7 With the Qube 2 still upside down and the rear panel facing away from you pull up on the plastic tabs on the rear side of the plastic skirt and slide the skirt toward you 8 Turn the Qube 2 right side up Remove the two screws one on each side on the sides of the sheet metal cover 9 Pull the sides of the sheet metal cover away from the bottom of the Qube 2 and lift the cover off You can now access the electronics of the Qube 2 Product Specifications To add a memory module see Adding a memory module on page 165 To add a PCI expansion card see Adding a PCI expansion card on page 166 IMPORTANT f you want to add a memory module and a PCI expansion card to the Qube 2 at the same time add the memory module first Adding a memory module Be careful not to da
62. TP is designed for transferring individual files 1 In your FTP application enter the IP address or the host name of the Qube 2 Enter your user name and password You are logged into the user main directory Refer to the documentation of your FTP program for instructions on transferring files Note The user root directory is not the same as the Qube 2 s root directory Many HTML publishing programs that use FTP require full path names to transfer files For example user Bill Lumbergh s home directory is accessed through the URL ftp lt hostname domainname gt home users blumbergh The sales group home directory is accessed through the URL ftp lt hostname domainname gt home groups sales Services on the Qube 2 Working in collaboration through discussions Threaded discussions allow groups of individuals to develop and document a body of information on a particular topic The discussion feature lets users collaborate without having to meet face to face This feature is especially useful for individuals who are geographically dispersed or who otherwise find it difficult to meet Another key feature is the self documenting nature of a threaded discussion users can review postings to understand the who what and why of a particular topic For more information see Working in collaboration through discussions on page 135 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server The Dynamic Host C
63. The Qube 2 can act as a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP server for sending and receiving Internet email The Qube 2 Administrator can configure several parameters that can affect the performance of the SMTP server Users created on any virtual site can retrieve their email using the Post Office Protocol 3 POP3 and the Internet Message Access Protocol 4 IMAP4 Users can send mail using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP For the Qube 2 to receive email the network or system administrator must enter a mail server host name in your organization s domain name system DNS server The IP address of the DNS server must be entered in the network settings for the Qube 2 or the SMTP protocol will not work For more information see Network Integration on page 20 For more information on DNS see Appendix D Domain Name System on page 173 Figure 30 shows the Email Parameters tables Figure 30 Email Parameters tables Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel vse Name Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Administrator Site Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time Email Delivery Settings o Frequency immediate Email Retrieval Settings For cobaltnet com Frequency never Remot Email Server New Passwom e New Password again Advanced Email Settings Maximum email message size KB cobaltnet com Relay email fr
64. accessed from the directory home groups home This page appears when a user accesses the URL http lt hostname gt The home page file is index html When the Qube 2 Administrator changes the index html file to create a new home page the default home page is replaced Any user can continue to access the Cobalt Qube 2 home page by accessing the URL http lt hostname gt cobalt Telnet access JN Warning to the Qube 2 Administrator You can adversely affect the performance of your Qube 2 if you modify system configuration files Check your warranty card for details Warning Direct root logins are not allowed on the Qube 2 To obtain a root shell telnet to the server and login as the user admin From the command prompt type su and press enter Enter the administrator s password at the password prompt Only the Qube 2 Administrator can su to root Telnet access should only be used by advanced users who want to run shell scripts or use shell commands An advanced user is someone who is proficient in the internal workings of the Unix operating system 171 Appendix C The Access Rights section under the Control Panel provides three options for controlling telnet access e You can turn telnet access off completely This is the most secure and safest option for the Qube 2 e You can limit telnet access to the Unix root user e You can allow telnet access for all users
65. ackup 147 Restore 148 Page Builder 149 Accessing the Page Builder tool 149 Page Builder window 150 Programs 151 Managing documents 151 Using the Infoplace Document Organizer 153 Logging in to an InfoBase 153 Accessing online help 153 Designating easy to find documents 153 Finding specific documents 154 Administrator Site 154 A Using the LCD console 155 Changing network configuration 156 Rebooting 157 Powering down 158 Resetting network configuration 159 Resetting IP Firewall 160 B Product Specifications 161 Technical Data for the Qube 2 161 Hardware 161 Software 161 Features 161 System management 162 Physical data 162 Regulatory approvals 163 Upgrading your Qube 2 163 Opening the Qube 2 164 Adding a memory module 165 Adding a PCI expansion card 166 Closing the Qube 2 167 I O board 168 CPU card 169 xiii Contents C Advanced Information URL for the default Qube 2 home page Telnet access CGI scripts D Domain Name System Basic DNS Enabling the DNS server feature Configuring a primary DNS server Specifying a reverse lookup PTR record Specifying a mail server MX record Specifying an alias CNAME record Configuring a secondary DNS server Adding a secondary name server authority for a domain Adding a secondary name server authority for a network Advanced DNS Network Mask Notation Conversion Quick Start Guide for Domain Name Service DNS Brief history of the Domain Name System DNS What is a DNS record
66. ain Name field type mydomain com e In the IP Address field type 192 168 10 10 e Remove the check from the check box for Automatic Reverse Address Record Generation e Click Update List Note Do not make this a CNAME record Some email server software cannot process CNAME records If you would like to create multiple names for one IP address create multiple A records See Specifying an alias CNAME record on page 176 for the appropriate applications of CNAME records The DNS Settings table is regenerated showing mydomain com and www mydomain com as in Figure 57 Figure 57 DNS Settings table mydomain com and www mydomain com Administrator Site Eas Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time Add Forward Lookup Add Reverse Lookup Add Mail Server Lookup Add Alias Lookup Users Groups 2 Add Secondary Forward Domain Add Secondary Reverse Domain Maling Lists DNS Settings for mydomain com Network mydomain com gt 192 168 10 10 00 Control Panel www mydomain com gt 192 168 10 10 Oo 192 168 10 1004 Maintenance man a 0 System Status Save Changes To DNS Server Service Status Public Site Active Monitor 182 Domain Name System To receive mail for mydomain com create a Mail Server MX Record An MX record is similar to a A record but points to a name rather than an IP address It is critical that the MX record point to a name which has a corresponding A record with the
67. andard protocol for receiving email POP is a client server protocol in which email is received and held for you by your Internet server When you read your mail all of it is immediately downloaded to your computer and no longer maintained on the server POP3 is built into the Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers POP can be thought of as a store and forward service Another protocol Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP can be thought of as a remote file server Glossary POP and IMAP deal with receiving email from your local server Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP is a protocol for transferring email between points on the Internet You send email with SMTP and a mail handler receives it on your recipient s behalf The mail is then read using POP or IMAP See also Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP Root name server SCSI On the Internet the root name server system is the manner in which an authoritative master list of all top level domain names such as com net org and individual country codes is maintained and made available see Small Computer System Interface SCSI Secure Socket Layer SSL Server Encryption technology for the Web used to provide secure transactions for example the transmission of credit card numbers for e commerce A system program that awaits requests from client programs in the same computer or acros
68. anel to fasten the blue plastic housing to the sheet metal underneath Connect the power cord to the rear panel of the Qube 2 The power connector is located in the bottom right corner Plug the power cord into a power supply and connect the network cables You can now power up the Qube 2 167 Appendix B I O board Figure 53 shows the layout of the input output I O board in the Qube 2 The I O board is installed on the bottom of the Qube 2 Figure 53 Layout of the input output board Slot for Slot for PCI card CPU card IDE donnector IDE power e i E ress streets gues l e pe a fi fi L L Sa i View from top i e ne Serial port Secondary Primary Power connector network network supply interface interface connector 168 Product Specifications CPU card Figure 54 shows the layout of the central processing unit CPU card in the Qube 2 The CPU card fits into a slot on the I O board in one direction only see Figure 53 Figure 54 Layout of the CPU board ie Donon Ae e 0 Connector for Memory Memory the LCD console Slot 0 Slot 1 169 Appendix B 170 Appendix C Advanced Information URL for the default Qube 2 home page Once the Qube 2 has been configured the default home page is
69. ansmission Control Protocol TCP A connection oriented transport layer protocol that provides reliable full duplex data transmission TCP is part of the TCP IP protocol stack Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP A common name for the suite of protocols developed in the 1970s to support the construction of worldwide internetworks TCP and IP are the two best known protocols in the suite The TCP IP protocols enable computers and networks to connect to an intranet or Internet Virtual memory A concept that when implemented by a computer and its operating system allows programmers to use a very large range of memory or storage addresses for stored data Wide area network WAN A data communications network that serves users across a broad geographic area and often uses transmission devices provided by common carriers Asynchronous transfer mode ATM frame relay Switched Multimegabit Data Service SMDS and X 25 are examples of WANS See also local area network LAN 203 Appendix F 204
70. appropriate values for accessing your multidrop mailbox The frequency settings control how often email is retrieved Note f you set the same frequency for email delivery and retrieval then both take place at the same time saving you access time and charges Advanced Email Settings table This table includes the following settings e Maximum email message size KB It is important to enter a value in this field to limit the size of incoming email messages If this field is blank you can receive a message that exceeds the available disk space Such a message would be returned to the sender as undeliverable The default value is 5 MB the value must be a whole number greater than zero e Relay email from these hosts domains In this field enter the IP addresses or domain names of the sites for which the SMTP server is allowed to relay email messages If you intend to receive mail addressed directly to your domain name add that name here For more information see Email relaying on page 37 Administrator Site Receive email addressed to these hosts domains In this field enter the IP addresses or domain names of the sites on which you receive email To receive email your domain must be specified in this field For example if you want to receive email addressed to you at username domain com then you must enter domain com in this field Otherwise a sender will have to include the host name in
71. arrangement replies are indented from the original message See the sample discussion in Figure 46 AN Caution No one person in a group controls the content of the discussion thread Any member of a group can add a new message reply to a message or delete any of the existing messages Viewing an existing message To view the body of a particular message click the subject line of that message The body of the message appears in the bottom frame of the discussion group window Changing the order of the messages Next to each column heading is a small triangle The black triangle indicates the column according to which the list of messages is sorted To change the order of the postings in a thread click the white triangle next to the column heading according to which you want to sort the list of messages The discussion group window refreshes according to the new sort order 138 Public Site Adding a new message To add a new message 1 Click New Message at the top The browser window displays the Discussion Group Message window Fill in the fields for a new message e Subject line optional e Attachment optional see Adding an attachment to a message on page 139 e Message Click Submit to post the message or Cancel to cancel the message The browser window refreshes and the discussion group window is displayed with the new message Adding an attachment to a message To add an attachment to
72. atible external modem to the Qube 2 Chapter 1 5 10 The Secondary Network Interface accepts a second 10 100 BaseTX network cable and as an option can connect the Qube 2 to the Internet The Primary Network Interface accepts a 10 100 Base TX network cable and is used to connect the Qube 2 to your intranet The Locking power socket receives the power connector from the power adaptor The LCD console allow you to enter network configuration information reboot the Qube 2 reset the network configuration reset the IP firewall filtering rules and power down the Qube 2 The LCD screen displays messages and values entered Use the arrow buttons to toggle between choices or to enter values See Using the LCD console to configure the network on page 15 The Security lock hole is used to secure the unit with a standard computer locking security cable Qube 2 requirements To use the Qube 2 you need A 10 100BaseTX Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP based local area network LAN A personal computer attached to the network that uses a Web browser Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4 0 or later Network parameters which you can obtain from your system or network administrator these include the Qube 2 s assigned IP address the subnet mask of your network and if communicating with other networks a gateway router address Note f you intend to set up the Q
73. ation include 10Base2 10Base5 10BaseF 10BaseT and 10Broad36 Physical variations for Fast Ethernet include 100BaseT 100BaseT4 and 100BaseX see Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN The private non government non profit corporation that has been formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation protocol parameter assignment domain name system DNS management and root server system management functions These functions were previously performed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANA The U S government is essentially turning over control of the Internet to ICANN although domain name registration performed by Network Solutions Inc NSI will continue to be under U S government contract for a limited time 196 Glossary Internet domain An Internet domain is a host naming convention used to ensure that no two individual hosts on the global Internet have the same host name An Internet domain should not be confused with an NT Domain Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol is a standard protocol for accessing email from your local server IMAP is a client server protocol in which email is received and held for you by your Internet server You or your email client can view just the heading and the sender of the letter and then decide whether to download the mail from the server You can also create a
74. can send email to support japan cobalt com Introduction Further information Cobalt also offers other information resources Discussion Groups Cobalt has made available a number of discussion groups through which users can share information To view the current list of Cobalt discussion groups type the URL http www cobalt com support resources usergroups html The names of the discussion groups show up as hypertext links To subscribe to or unsubscribe from a discussion group or to view previous postings to a group click on the group name A new browser window opens displaying information about the discussion group New discussion groups are added periodically The current groups include e an announcement list concerning Cobalt products e an information list for developers working on Cobalt products e ausers list for sharing information between users of Cobalt products e a security list for users to address network security issues on Cobalt products The Knowledge Base Cobalt offers access to its online database of common installation and configuration problems and solutions You can access the site under http www cobalt com support kb Online technical papers For customers looking for more in depth technical information there are a number of technical papers available on Cobalt Networks Web site at http www cobalt com support The technical papers cover among others such topics as e aquick start guide f
75. ch modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above provided that you also meet all of these conditions a You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change b You must cause any work that you distribute or publish that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License c Ifthe modified program normally reads commands interactively when run you must cause it when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty or else saying that you provide a warranty and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions and telling the user how to view a copy of this License Exception if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement 188 Licenses These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves then this License and its terms do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works But when you distribute the same
76. chnical Support the more information you can provide the better Before you call or email have the following information ready e the serial number located on the back panel or the MAC address of the Primary Network Interface accessible through the user interface of your Qube 2 e any additional software installed on your system e any peripherals connected to your system e a hard copy of any error messages you have received and the time when they occurred e the process you were running or the changes you had made when the error occurred e the steps you have taken to resolve the problem Introduction Cobalt logo badge For more information on the Qube 2 server click on T the Cobalt Networks logo badge in the top left corner A table with the configuration information for your Qube 2 server appears The table shows e the amount of RAM e the size of the hard disk e the version of the Cobalt OS e Cobalt Networks trademark information The table also contains three hypertext links e About The Product displays the services available on the Qube 2 server links to Cobalt Networks Technical Support and a link to the Solutions guide e Cobalt Networks Inc Web site takes you to the URL http www cobalt com e Credits and Acknowledgements acknowledges the software used on the Qube 2 11 Chapter 1 12 Chapter 2 Setting up the Qube 2 This chapter guides you through the process of connecting and c
77. click the NEXT button to move to the next screen For more information see Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server on page 47 Setting up the Qube 2 On this screen you can e assign a host name for example qube1 to the Qube 2 e enter your domain name the official name that is registered with InterNIC for example cobalt com The host name and domain name must be coordinated with your network administrator in order for you to access the Qube 2 by its name and not just by its IP address e enter the IP address of your domain name system DNS server A DNS server maintains a list of computer names and their IP addresses The Qube 2 needs access to this list on the DNS server in order to convert between IP addresses and names This conversion is essential for sending and receiving email external to the Qube 2 For more information on DNS see Appendix D Domain Name System on page 173 Click the NEXT button to move to the next screen Figure 8 Network Integration screen 1 of 7 Network Integration step 1 of 7 Enter this information to make your Cobalt server appliance visible to other users General Settings Hostname lease88 Domain Name oobattnet con SOS Primary DNS Server Address rl Secondary DNS Server Address optional Default Gateway 10925254 P Adtess 1092388 Subnet Mask 125525500 MAC Address 00 10 20 00 46 3F Please coordinat
78. computer on your network Use one of the standard browsers available for example Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3 0 or later to do this Once the setup process is complete the Qube 2 can be managed from any computer on the network that has a browser To use the browser to set up the Qube 2 follow these steps 1 Launch a standard Web browser on any computer connected to the network 2 Enter the IP address of the Qube 2 displayed on the LCD screen on the back of the Qube 2 in the URL field of your browser for example Location http 192 168 25 77 3 Then press Return or Enter on your keyboard If you configured the Qube 2 network settings successfully the Cobalt Welcome screen appears see Figure 7 Click the Start button to being using the Setup Wizard A separate browser window opens with the first screen of the Setup Wizard Figure 7 Qube 2 Welcome screen minutes your Welcome F and thank you for purchasing the Cobalt Qube Within pee Organization will have complete web and e mail services discussion 9 Sharing services nanges and iick on the button Fill Sut each Screen and click on the Forward Arrow 2 to save your mow to the next screen if you make a mistake or need to go back Back enes it you have a question about a field click on the eit Press the Start button to begin 19 Chapter 2 20 Active Assist Online Help Act
79. create an automatic vacation reply These options are described in the following two sections To set your email options 1 On the Personal Profile screen click Email at the top The Email Settings table appears 2 Select the email options in the table The following paragraphs explain these options 3 Click Save Changes 145 Chapter 5 146 Forward email to You can have your Qube 2 email forwarded to another email address Enter the destination address in the Forward Email To field in the Email Settings table Automatic vacation reply You can create a vacation reply message that is automatically sent to each person who sends you email This feature is useful when you know that you will not be reading or responding to incoming email messages for a period of time A vacation reply message is sent only once per week to each sender To set up a vacation reply 1 On the Personal Profile screen click Email at the top The Email Settings table appears 2 Click the check box Vacation Autoresponder Email Reply to activate the option 3 In the scrolling field type the text of the message you want to send to users while you are away 4 Click Save Changes Forwarding incoming email to several recipients If you will not be accessing your email account for a period of time and want to forward incoming email messages to several recipients the Qube 2 Administrator can create a mailing list for you You
80. creen 3 Select Shut Down The Shut Down Windows dialog appears 4 Within the Shut Down Windows dialog select Close all programs and log on as a different user Click Yes Your computer closes any applications that are running logs you out and prompts you with an Enter Network Password menu 5 Enter the same user name and password that are stored on the Qube 2 Your computer logs you in If your Windows password does not match the Qube 2 password you are prompted for the Cobalt password when you first connect to your Qube 2 through Network Neighborhood on your Windows desktop 6 Double click on the Network Neighborhood icon The Qube 2 listed as the lt hostname gt assigned to the Qube 2 should be included in the listing 7 Ifthe Qube 2 is not listed double click on the Entire Network icon to cause your computer to scan the entire network for devices that can be shared Select the name of the workgroup domain of which the Qube 2 is a member The default workgroup for the Qube 2 is WORKGROUP You can also use the Find feature in Windows to locate the Qube 2 e Click Start in the bottom left corner of the Windows screen e Select Find and then Computer The Find Computer dialog appears e Enter the hostname of the Qube 2 in the field and click Find Now The results appear in a window below the Find Computer dialog Note It can take up to 15 minutes for a Windows PC to update its network information so that the
81. ction as follows O The Left arrow button moves the cursor to the left between the digits displayed in the LCD screen The Right arrow button moves the cursor to the right between the digits displayed in the LCD screen O The Up arrow button increases the digit located at the cursor position x The Down arrow button decreases the digit located at the cursor O position The Select button displays the next option elec The Enter button accepts the information entered or the option displayed Configuring the Qube 2 through a DHCP server The Qube 2 first checks to see whether a DHCP server is present on the network If there is a functioning DHCP server that is set up to serve leased IP addresses the Qube 2 configures itself automatically If the network information can be configured automatically the LCD screen displays the Qube 2 s actual IP address upon completion of the boot process IMPORTANT To function properly over long periods of time the IP address of the Qube 2 must remain fixed meaning that the DHCP server must not assign it to a different machine at a later date Unfortunately some DHCP servers do not honor requests for permanent IP addresses As a result the system or network administrator may need to assign a different and permanent IP address to the Qube 2 If so you will need to change the network configuration information Coordinate any changes to the IP address subnet mask or gateway addre
82. d New IP Filtering Rule table appears see Figure 35 A description of the fields follows this procedure 4 Click Confirm New Rule The UI on the screen refreshes and the IP Filtering Rule List table appears with the modifications 5 Click Enable IP Filtering to re enable the IP filtering function The rules are specified as follows replace the field names in square brackets with their values Policy packets from Source address es to Destination address es on the Port port s using Protocol protocol s The default IP filtering rule is ALLOW packets from ANY address es to ANY address es on ANY port s using ALL protocol s e Rule number The Rule Number determines the order in which the filtering rules are applied Rules are applied from the lowest number to the highest starting with 1 For example an IP packet filtered out in rule number 1 does not test against rule number 2 since rule number is applied first e Policy The Policy determines whether packets meeting the criteria of the rule are accepted or denied Accepted packets are allowed to pass unfiltered through the server Denied packets are dropped from the server e Source IP address The source IP address applies the Policy to the IP address or range of addresses from which the IP packet originates e Destination IP address The destination IP address applies the Policy to the IP address or range of addresses to which the IP packet is de
83. dress in the field for example tstonis xyz com Registered users Add or remove Qube 2 users To add a member to the group click to turn on the check box next to the user name To remove a member from the group click to turn off the check box next to the user name Click Confirm Modify The UI on the screen refreshes and the Mailing Lists table appears with the modifications to the mailing list 79 Chapter 4 Removing a mailing list A mailing list with a dimmed trashcan is a mailing list created as part of a group on the Qube 2 To remove this mailing list you must remove the corresponding group See Removing a group on page 75 To remove a mailing list 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Mailing Lists on the left The Mailing Lists table appears 2 Inthe list locate the group that you want to remove 3 Click the brown trashcan m icon next to that mailing list A confirmation dialog box appears asking if you want to delete the mailing list 4 Click OK in the confirmation dialog box The UI on the screen refreshes and the Mailing Lists table appears The deleted mailing list is removed from the table Network 80 In the Network section you can enter the network configuration information and the modem settings for the Qube 2 The network settings make the Qube 2 visible to other computers If you change the IP address on this screen or from the LCD console the Qube 2 reboots IM
84. e they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all For example if a patent license would not permit royalty free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any particular circumstance the balance of the section is intended to apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims this section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution system which is implemented by public license practices Many people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system it is up to the author donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that choice This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to be a consequence of the rest
85. e Qube 2 Administrator password until you assign a new one If you forget the password for the Qube 2 Administrator you can reset the password 1 Push and hold a paper clip in the recessed Reset Password button on the back of the Qube 2 see Figure 2 Hold the button in for approximately 2 seconds The LCD screen displays RESETTING ADMIN PASSWORD In your Web browser enter the URL http lt IP address gt admin to access the Administrator Site screen If a prompt appears asking for a user name or password enter admin as the user name and leave the password blank Click OK Click Users on the left Click Administrator at the top The Administrator Settings table appears Enter the new password twice to ensure that you have entered it as intended For guidelines on choosing a password see Password guidelines on page 24 Click Save Changes Users Administrator Site In the Users section you can manage user settings and the Qube 2 Administrator settings To access this section on the Administrator Site click the Users button on the left The Users List table appears the table displays the full name of each user for example Jessica Smith and the name he or she uses to log in to the Qube 2 for example jsmith This is called the user name or userID Configuring the user settings The Qube 2 Administrator can configure the default user settings add a user modify the us
86. e can be obtained from the University of Arizona For more information access the Glimpse Web site at http glimpse cs arizona edu The copyright for the InfoPlace Document Organizer is held by InfoPlace Its use is limited to the Qube 2 only For more information or to obtain rights to distribute the Document Manager software access the InfoPlace Web site at http www infoplace com The Cobalt Qube 2 includes software developed by the Apache Group for use in the Apache HTTP server project http www apache org The Cobalt Qube 2 also includes Majordomo a package for managing Internet mailing lists The latest version of Majordomo can be obtained from ftp ftp greatcircle com pub majordomo Sendmail is a trademark of Sendmail Inc Cobalt Networks Inc 555 Ellis Street Mountain View CA 94043 www cobalt com In the U S A Phone 888 70 COBALT 650 623 2500 Fax 650 623 2501 Outside the U S A Phone 1 650 623 2500 Fax 1 650 623 2501 Important Safeguards For your protection please read all these instructions regarding your Cobalt Qube 2 and retain for future reference 1 Read Instructions Read and understand all the safety and operating instructions before operating the appliance 2 Ventilation The Cobalt Qube 2 s bottom vents and fan opening are provided for ventilation and reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating These openings must not be blocked or covered
87. e packet filtering rules which limit access to your Qube 2 You can choose to deny or allow communication in either direction between your Qube 2 and any or all IP addresses IMPORTANT Adding or editing rules automatically disables IP filtering Click Enable IP Filtering to re enable IP filtering after editing a rule Coordinate this information with your system administrator to ensure the integrity of your network The Qube 2 Administrator can e add an IP filtering rule e modify an IP filtering rule including the order in which the rules are applied e remove an IP filtering rule Figure 35 shows the Add New IP Filtering Rule table Figure 35 Add New IP Filtering Rule table Administrator Site Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time Users s Add New IP filtering Rule Fate Number Ca Groups 4 poy Malling Lists i r a Source IP address Subnet mask Network jen e Control Panel _ Sowre Port Q Maintenance e Destination 1P address Subnet mask System Status QAny Q Service Status 2 Destination Port Q A Ay Public Site Powa E Confirm New Rule CED Active Monitor 106 Administrator Site Adding an IP filtering rule To add an IP filtering rule 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left 2 Click IP Firewall at the top If there are any existing IP filtering rules they appear in the IP Filtering Rule List table 3 Click Add Rule The Ad
88. e this information with your system adminstrator to ensure the integrity of your network 21 Chapter 2 Administrator Setup The Administrator Setup screen appears see Figure 9 The Qube 2 Administrator has several responsibilities 1 setting up and maintaining the users groups and services on the Qube 2 2 responding to email alerts from the Qube 2 in order to forestall potential problems Figure 9 Administrator Setup screen 2 of 7 lt lt Administrator Setup step 2 of 7 The Cobalt server appliance requires an administrator to control access services and user privileges Administrator Settings Full name First name Last name Administrator User name admin New Password N New Password again Existing email address optional O0000 WARNING This page modifies the password of administrator You will need to remember this password in order to access any of the Cobalt server adminstration capabilities After changing the password you may need to authenticate yourself through the web browser with the new password 22 Setting up the Qube 2 To set up the Qube 2 Administrator you must enter the following information Full name Enter the first name and last name separated by a space of the person serving as the Qube 2 Administrator Password Enter a password in this field A value must be entered to proceed For guidelines on choosing a password see Password guidelines on
89. eature Caution You can use Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 0 to back up a Cobalt server but not to restore a backup file Upgrade to a later version of Internet Explorer or use a different browser software to restore the backup file 111 Chapter 4 Manual backup This feature allows administrators to manually back up data stored on the Qube 2 Figure 36 shows the File Backup table Figure 36 File Backup table Administrator Site Backup Restore Install Software Reboot Shutdown Users Scheduled Backup Groups File Backup Al server configuration email and user files Mailing Lists Al server configuration emeen 5 2 Data to Backup Al users and group files Fies and emas wer Control Panel Q Files and email of group Maintenance gt Baciu files modified in the last Backup all Files 5 System Status Start Backup Service Status Public Site Active Monitor 112 Administrator Site To manually back up data stored on the Qube 2 1 On the Maintenance screen the Backup utility appears by default The File Backup table is on the screen See Figure 36 In Data to Backup select the type of backup e All server configuration email and user files This option backs up all the server configuration files for the users and the system setup all users files all group files and all email in boxes e All server configuration This option backs up all the server configuratio
90. econdary name server that satisfies the request from the local name server The local name server returns to the Web browser with the IP address for the requested domain name 6 Using the IP address the Web browser contacts the company Web server 7 The company Web server sends the Web page to the local name server Figure 59 Basic method of DNS Ee ADL eee a ern eee N Local x S name server gt gt Root level N a TN InterNIC ee name server BOS l N l SON l I S Se l I MR Se Or I Pk N I i T g i Target Primary Secondary machine name server name server www xyz com 186 Appendix E Licenses THE BSD COPYRIGHT Copyright 1991 1992 1993 1994 The Regents of the University of California All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment This product includes software developed by the University of
91. ectory a qub backup file that you created previously This restores all files and subdirectories AN Caution The system restores data only for example email messages stored on the server or Web files It does NOT restore Web sites or site users to a Qube 2 AN Caution The system does not merge the current and backed up data When data is restored any changes made to files on the Qube 2 since the last backup are lost To restore the backed up files from your local disk to your home directory on the Qube 2 1 On the Personal Profile screen click Restore at the top The File Restore table appears In the Backup Archive field enter the path and file name for the qub backup file on your personal computer If you do not know the path click Browse to locate the backup file Click on the file to highlight it Click Open The file appears in the Backup Archive field If you want to restore only some of the files check Selective Restore Click Restore a Backup File below the File Restore table Public Site Page Builder The Qube 2 includes Page Builder an interactive web development tool that allows you to create Web pages without having to learn how to write HTML scripts Accessing the Page Builder tool There are two ways to access the Page Builder tool The first method is as follows 1 On the Personal Profile screen click Page Builder at the top The Page Builder tool appears in the browser w
92. een are modify user email usage data backup restore Page Builder For more information see Personal Profile on page 144 Using email on the Qube 2 34 To use all of the Qube 2 s email capabilities you must configure the email parameter settings correctly You must also configure your email client to send email to and retrieve email from the Qube 2 For more information on setting up email on the Qube 2 see Email server on page 89 Services on the Qube 2 Setting up your email client Ensure that the following information is entered into your email client on your personal computer Note The Qube 2 does not offer an email client The Qube 2 is an email server that receives email addressed to a domain name To access your email messages you require an email client such as Microsoft Outlook or Qualcomm s Eudora products 1 Email address The format is either lt username gt domainname see the note below or lt username gt hostname domainname for example myname qube1 cobalt com where lt username gt is the user ID assigned to you for example myname lt hostname gt is the name assigned to the Qube 2 for example qube1 lt domainname gt is either the official domain name that is registered with InterNIC for example cobalt com or an intranet domain name specific to your network Obtain this information from your system administrator Note To use the s
93. efaults Add User User Name Email Aliases earenas eloisa arenas abose andrew andrew bose meelis roy celis kchiu kevin chiu keichmann karina eichmann egordillo elise gordillo thockin tim hockin joven jeff Jovel blumbergh bill lumbergh gmeneil greg meneil mposs melissa poss nsalaille nicole sarraille dtan dianna tran dzraick desa zraick Set User Defaults Add User Introduction List of chapters and appendices Chapter 1 Chapter2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Introduction on page 1 includes an overview of the Qube 2 s features and directs you to the information in other chapters of this guide Setting up the Qube 2 on page 13 describes the hardware setup of the Qube 2 and the network integration process Services on the Qube 2 on page 33 explains the features available on the Qube 2 Administrator Site on page 55 explains the features on the Qube 2 Administrator user interface UD screen Public Site on page 129 explains the features on the Qube 2 Public Site UI screen Using the LCD console on page 155 explains the LCD console functions Product Specifications on page 161 lists the Qube 2 technical specifications Advanced Information on page 171 provides information on backup URLs resetting the administration password
94. em Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor Administrator Site Set Group Defaults Add Group 2 Group Name Q Group Members 2 east_coast abose dtran earenas gmeneil kehiu mposs reelis 0 home No Group Members Oo sales abose earenss kehiu reelis thockin 0 software Dlumbergh dtran dzraick jlovell nsarraille 0 training Dlumbergh earenas gmeneil mposs nsarraille 0 user_manuals abose egorilillo gmeneil rcelis 0 west_coast umdergh desk egordillo jlovell keishmoan aaraile thockin 00 Note The group home is generated automatically Its members have the ability to modify the home page of this Cobalt server Configuring the group settings The Qube 2 Administrator can configure the default group settings add a group modify the members of a group and the maximum allowed disk space for the group remove a group The group home is generated automatically Its members have the ability to modify the home page of the Qube 2 server 70 Administrator Site Configuring the default group settings To configure the default settings for a group 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Groups on the left The Groups List table appears 2 Click Set Group Defaults The Group Defaults table appears See Figure 23 3 Enter a value in MB for the maximum amount of disk space available to a group for file storage Web pages and threaded d
95. em component e Green indicates correct functioning e Yellow indicates a potential problem e Red indicates that a problem exists e Grey indicates that a component or service is inactive or that no information is available yet 2 The default screen displays the Web Status table To choose another component click the name at the top of the screen 3 The status charts for certain services include hyperlinks that provide further statistics Click on the hyperlink to see those Statistics Click Back to return to the previous screen Administrator Site Web The Web Server Status chart displays the status of the Web server green yellow red or grey The Usage Summary chart provides you with a comprehensive analysis of Qube 2 usage It outlines Web usage based on number and types of requests You can click Download Log File to save the statistics in a log file on your personal computer Other Web Usage Statistics includes e Web content ranked by number of requests e Request statistics e Web pages referred to this Cobalt server e Access by domain e Web browsers that have accessed this Cobalt server Figure 41 shows a sample of the Web usage statistics Figure 41 Sample of Web usage statistics Administrator Site Web Email File Services SNMP DNS DHCP Telnet Users m m O The Web Server server has been running normally since 7 41 P M on Sat Jul 22 2000 Groups Web Usage Summary Mailing L
96. er s information modify the user s email settings remove a user Configuring the default user settings To configure the default user settings 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Users on the left The Users List table appears Click Set User Defaults The User Defaults table appears See Figure 19 You can configure the default settings for e the maximum allowed disk space MB This value is the default amount of disk space available to a newly created user for file storage and Web pages The original default value is 30 MB The value entered must be a whole number greater than zero e the format of the user name You can choose the format for creating user names Click Save Changes 61 Chapter 4 Figure 19 shows the User Defaults table Figure 19 User Defaults table Administrator Site User Management Administrator Users 5 User Defaults Maximum allowed disk space is 30 MB Groups first initial plus last name e g jsmith Mailing Lists Default user name is Q lastname e g smith Network f 0000 Q first name e g jessica Save Changes CD Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor 62 Administrator Site Adding a user To add a user 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Users on the left The Users List table appears Click Add User The Add New User table appears See Figure 20 Fill in the field
97. ers Set User Defaults Add User groups Full Name User Name Email Aliases Mailing Lists gt Arenas Eloisa earenas eloisa arenas 0 Network Bose Andrew abose andrew andrew bose 000 Control Panel Celis Roy melis beii celis O cneien s Chin Kevin ehin Jen chin 0 Eichmann Karina keichmann yarina eichmann a y System Status Gordillo Elise egordillo elise gordillo 030 Service Status Hockin Tim T tocan T tim hoekin T 0 00 Lovell Jeff joven jeff lowell mc y Public Site t t t t Lumbergh Bill blumbergh bill lumbergh a y McNeil Greg gmeneil greg meneil 0 Poss Melissa mposs motissa poss fey samaille Nicole nsarralle nicole sarraille ea Tran Dianna atan Tianna tran oe Zraick Desa dzaick desa zraick 080 Set User Defaults Add User Active Monitor 56 Administrator Site Qube 2 Administrator The Qube 2 Administrator with the user name admin has full control of the Qube 2 The administrator enters the network settings enables or disables the various services performs maintenance functions and receives system alerts and warnings by email The Qube 2 Administrator is automatically a member of each group created on the Qube 2 Note Due to a limitation in the Linux operating system a Qube 2 Administrator or any other user can belong to a maximum of 32 groups only Configuring the Qube 2 Administrator settings
98. erver Lookup Add Alias Lookup Groups Add Secondary Forward Domain Add Secondary Reverse Domain Mailing Lists No DNS lookup entries have been setup Network Save Changes To DNS Server 4 Back Control Panel CE Cia Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor 180 Domain Name System Create an Address A Record for mydomain com Click Add Forward Lookup Leave the Host Name field blank In the Domain Name field type mydomain com In the IP Address field type 192 168 10 10 Ensure the check box for Automatic Reverse Address Record Generation is checked This automatically creates the Reverse Address PTR Record Click Update List The DNS Settings table is regenerated showing mydomain com as in Figure 56 Figure 56 DNS Settings table mydomain com e Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor Administrator Site Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time Add Forward Lookup Add Reverse Lookup Add Mail Server Lookup Add Alias Lookup Add Secondary Forward Domain Add Secondary Reverse Domain DNS Settings for mydomain com mydomain com mj 192 168 10 10 00 192 168 10 1024 myciomain com 0O Save Changes To DNS Server 181 Appendix D 6 Create an Address A Record for www mydomain com e Click Add Forward Lookup e Inthe Host Name field type www In the Dom
99. ervice using a sample IP address 192 168 10 10 IMPORTANT Substitute your domain name and IP address where the sample domain name or sample IP address appears The recommended minimum configuration for Web and e mail service requires these records e A Forward Lookup record Address A Record for mydomain com which points to 192 168 10 10 e A Forward Lookup record Address A Record for www mydomain com which points to 192 168 10 10 e A Mail Server Lookup record Mail Server MX Record for mydomain com which points to www mydomain com e A Reverse Lookup record Reverse Address PTR Record for 192 168 10 10 which points to mydomain com 179 Appendix D These records allow anyone on the Internet to type either mydomain com or www mydomain com in order to access your Web site To set up these records go to the Parameters section of the DNS server in the Cobalt user interface UI 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears 2 Click the check box to enable Domain Name System DNS service 3 Click Save Changes The browser screen refreshes 4 Click Parameters next to the DNS service in the Service Settings table The DNS Settings table appears as in Figure 55 Figure 55 DNS Settings table Administrator Site Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time z Add Forward Lookup Add Reverse Lookup Add Mail S
100. essary to know anything about FTP or other file transfer protocols Services on the Qube 2 Using Page Builder The Qube 2 includes Page Builder a tool that allows you to create Web pages without having to learn how to write HTML scripts To enter the Page Builder tool e click Edit This Page at the bottom of your home page or e from the Personal Profile screen click Page Builder at the top Once you are in the Page Builder tool you can get instructions for using it by clicking the Instructions button on the left side of the screen For more information see Page Builder on page 149 Using an HTML editor You can create complex Web pages using any of the standard HTML editors and the HTML publishing capabilities of many popular desktop productivity applications You can create and link the Web pages themselves on your desktop computer and then move them to the appropriate subdirectory in the Qube 2 through an FTP application see Publishing Web pages using FTP on page 40 CGI scripts The Qube 2 supports common gateway interface CGI scripts such as those written in Perl or C as well as Unix shell scripts CGI scripts allow you to develop highly interactive powerful Web based applications by building server side CGI scripts that generate Web pages in response to specific user inputs These applications range from simple scheduling and conferencing applications to sophisticated electronic commerce solutions
101. ettings tables for the network configuration appear 2 Inthe Interface Settings table click the check box next to Network Address Translation NAT A check mark indicates that NAT is enabled 3 Click Save Changes Modem settings and the high speed serial port The Qube 2 is equipped with a high speed serial port to which you can connect an external modem If you have or can obtain a standard point to point protocol PPP dial up account with an Internet Service Provider ISP a phone line and a modem your Qube 2 can provide Internet access for your network no router is required Using the external modem and the second Ethernet port the Qube 2 can also act as a router The Qube 2 Administrator can set the phone number user name password and initialization string for the modem settings Administrator Site The Qube 2 Administrator can also determine the connection mode between the Qube 2 and the ISP There are three possible connection mode settings these settings determine how the Qube 2 uses the modem to connect to your ISP Not Used means the Qube 2 does not connect at all Dial on demand means the Qube 2 connects only when there is traffic that is destined for an external network Always Connected means the Qube 2 is connected at all times The setting you choose depends on your phone line and access charges If you have a dedicated phone line for Internet access then you can choose Always
102. f the private user and group directories to which that user has access privileges including all discussion groups to which the user belongs Note f you select All accessible documents and you have not been authenticated a dialog box prompts you for a user name and password Click the radio button for Public Documents only or All Accessible Documents 4 Click Start Search After a few minutes the search results appear Public Site Figure 49 shows the results of a sample search on the word cobalt Figure 49 Results of a sample search Public Site Ees The search index is updated nightly The search tool can rapidly search through all html and text files on the Cobalt server Search Tool Home Administrator Site J Summary NAME GENERATOR Content Cobalt PageBuilder View Users Fest View Groups Public documents only aton Allaccessible documents public and private Search Start Search Personal Profile J Search Results 21 documents match your query 1 Title Administrator s Home Page URL Ausers acminvindex html 2 Title No Title URL groups home index html Summary lt META HTTP EQUIV Refresh CONTENT 0 URL cobalt gt 3 Title Andrew Bose s Home URL users abose index html Summary NAME GENERATOR Content Cobalt PageBuilder 4 Title Tim Hockin s Home Page URL users thociawindex html Summary NAMF GENFERATAR Cantent Cohalt PaoeRnilder oT
103. g services Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Domain Name System DNS Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Telnet Public Site Active Monitor Contents 106 107 109 110 110 111 111 112 114 116 117 119 121 121 121 122 122 123 123 123 124 124 124 125 126 126 126 126 126 126 127 127 xi Contents 5 Public Site Home View Users Viewing the users Viewing a user s personal Web page Sending an email to another user Creating Web content View Groups Viewing the groups Viewing a group s public Web page Viewing a group s private Web page Sending an email to a group Posting a message to a discussion thread Creating Web content Working in collaboration through discussions Rules of discussions Description of a discussion thread Creating a new discussion topic Joining an existing discussion Viewing an existing message Changing the order of the messages Adding a new message Adding an attachment to a message Replying to a message Deleting a message Deleting a discussion thread Exiting a discussion Search Performing a search Interpreting search results Personal Profile Modify user Email Forward email to Automatic vacation reply Forwarding incoming email to several recipients xii 129 130 131 131 132 132 132 133 133 134 134 134 135 135 135 135 135 137 138 138 138 139 139 140 140 140 140 141 142 144 144 145 145 146 146 146 Contents Usage data 146 B
104. gent The default read access community is public To specify the SNMP communities 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears 2 Click the check box next to Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Agent to enable this option 3 Click Save Changes in the Service Settings table The UI screen refreshes 4 Click Parameters next to the SNMP Agent option The SNMP Parameters table appears 5 Enter the SNMP communities that can have read only and read and write access to this SNMP agent The default read only community is public 6 Click Save Changes in the SNMP Parameters table 7 Click Save Changes in the Service Settings table Legato file backup You can use the Legato NetWorker client software to support backup and restore needs on the Qube 2 To use this feature you must install the Legato Networker Server software The software is available at www legato com To enable or disable the Legato file backup option 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel The Service Settings table appears 2 Click the check box next to Legato File Backup to on or off 3 Click Save Changes in the Service Settings table The UI screen refreshes The Legato NetWorker client is now activated on the Qube 2 You now have to configure the Legato NetWorker Server software to locate the Qube 2 on the network 99 Chapter 4 100
105. h e network e personal profile e programs e administrator site 129 Chapter 5 Figure 43 shows the Public Site screen Figure 43 Public Site screen Home View Users View Groups Search Personal Profile Programs Administrator Site J Public Site The Cobalt Qube provides users and groups with powerful communication and collaboration services The buttons on yourleft give you access to all the functionality of your Cobalt Qube Server Appliance s you move your mouse overthe different menu buttons the Cobalt Qube s ondine help tells you what each button does Additional help can be accessed on the Cobalt Networks web page To access Cobalt s web page click on the Cobalt logain the top left comer of each page and then select the link to the Cobalt Networks site This page can easily be replaced with your own page Toreplace this page transfer yournewcontent to the directory thome groups homel After doing so the Public Site can be accessed withthe URL http hostnamescobaltt Home 130 When you first access the Qube 2 the home page on the Public Site screen appears The default home page contains general information about the Qube 2 The buttons on the left provide access to all the functionality of the Qube 2 Additional help can be accessed on the Cobalt Networks Web page For more information see Cobalt logo badge on page 11 The Qube 2 Administrator or any member of the Ho
106. he amount of time your Internet connection is in use The settings you choose here and in the Email Retrieval Settings table depend upon your Qube 2 s connection to the Internet and your access charges e Ifyou connect to the Internet through a dedicated phone line or by ethernet through the secondary network interface then you can choose to have your email delivered and retrieved more often or Immediately e Ifyou connect to the Internet through a modem that shares a phone line with other functions or if your Internet access is charged by the minute then you should specify less frequent mail delivery and pickup 91 Chapter 4 92 Email Retrieval Settings table ISPs often arrange for all messages to an organization to be retrieved from a single mailbox This mailbox is usually referred to as a multidrop mailbox because it contains email messages addressed to more than one person Your ISP must configure your multidrop mailbox at the ISP to accept all email for your domain The domain of the Qube 2 must match the domain of the email that is to be collected The Qube 2 retrieves the email and then distributes it to the users on the Qube 2 Email messages that are addressed to recipients who are not listed as users on the Qube 2 are forwarded to the Qube 2 Administrator These settings control how your Qube 2 retrieves mail from such a multidrop mailbox Set the Remote Email Server User and Password fields to the
107. he documents it stores on the Qube 2 This database is called an Infobase Each Qube 2 group can have several Infobases each Infobase can be accessed and used only by the group members To access the InfoPlace Document Organizer 1 On the Public Site click Programs on the left The Program List table appears Click InfoPlace Document Organizer in the table An authentication dialog appears Enter your user name and password Click OK A separate browser window opens to the Log In screen of the InfoPlace Document Organizer software see Figure 52 For an online overview of the InfoPlace Document Organizer click Overview on the Log In screen Figure 52 shows the InfoPlace Document Organizer window InfoPlace Document Organizer window InfoPlace Document Organizer Q Overview User ID jsmith Select the Infobase that you would like to use Infobase Marketing Demo To create a new Infobase to start a new document collection please contact your Qube administrator Please give your feedback about this product Go to Cobalt Qube Home Copyright 1996 1998 InfoPlace Ine 152 Public Site Using the Infoplace Document Organizer The Qube 2 Administrator can create an Infobase for any group Contact your Qube 2 Administrator For more information see Creating a new InfoBase on page 53 Note When you logging in to the InfoPlace Document Organizer you can select the Inf
108. horter email format lt username gt domainname you must enter the domain name in the email parameters table in the field Receive email addressed to these hosts domains 2 SMTP server The format is hostname domainname for example qube1 cobalt com 3 POP3 server The format is hostname domainname for example qube1 cobalt com 4 IMAP server The format is hostname domainname for example qube1 cobalt com Note Occasionally an email application asks for an incoming mail server The incoming mail server is the POP3 server 35 Chapter 3 36 Email aliases Each registered user on the Qube 2 must have a unique user name for example mary or john smith or khoward This user name is used to send or retrieve email The Email Alias feature allows you to create an arbitrary email address without creating a user account on the Qube 2 An email message addressed to the alias is forwarded to an existing email address If you add more than one alias for a user enter one alias per line You can only use lowercase alphanumeric characters periods hyphens and underscores _ in the alias Let us say that the XYZ Company has a Qube 2 and that the company s domain name is xyz com The email addresses for the users of the Qube 2 is lt username gt xyz com Employee Timothy Stonis has a user name of tstonis his email address is tstonis xyz com A user can have several email aliase
109. ic Site has a blue border down the left side See Figure 4 Chapter 1 Figure 3 Ea Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor Figure 4 Home View Users View Groups Search Personal Profile Programs Administrator Site User Management Administrator Site 8 Full Name Arenas Eloisa Bose Andrew Celis Roy Chiu Kevin Eichmann Karina Gordillo Elise Hockin Tim Lovell Jeff Lumbergh Bill McNeil Greg Poss Melissa Sanraille Nicole Tran Dianna Zraick Desa Public Site screen Public Site The Cobalt Qube provides users and groups with powerful communication and collaboration services The buttons on yourleft give you access to all the functionality of your Cobalt Qube Server Appliance As youmove yourmouse overthe different menu buttons the Cobalt Qube s ondine help tells you what each button does Additional help can be accessed onthe Cobalt Networks web page To access Cobalt s web page click onthe Cobalt logo inthe top left comer of each page andthen select the link to the Cobalt Networks site This page can easily be replaced with your own page Toreplace this page transfer yournewcontentto the directory home groups home After doing so the Public Site can be accessed with the URL http hostnamelcobalt Administrator Administrator Site screen Set User D
110. ice that connects to a LAN Other devices in the network use these addresses to locate specific ports in the network and to create and update routing tables and data structures MAC addresses are six bytes long and are controlled by the IEEE Also known as a hardware address a MAC layer address and a physical address When your computer is connected to the Internet a correspondence table relates your IP address to your computer s physical MAC address on the network Name server NAT A program that constitutes the server half of the DNS client server mechanism A name server contains information about a segment of the DNS database and makes it available to a client called a resolver A resolver is often just a library routine that creates queries and sends them across a network to a name server see Network Address Translation NAT Netmask see subnet mask Network Address Translation NAT A mechanism for reducing the need for globally unique IP addresses NAT allows an organization with addresses that are not globally unique to connect to the Internet by translating those addresses into globally routable address space Also known as Network Address Translator Network Time Protocol NTP NTP A protocol built on top of the Transmission Control Protocol TCP that synchronizes the time of a local computer client or server to radio clocks and atomic clocks located on the Internet This protocol is capable of synchronizing di
111. indow A blank window opens within the Page Builder tool To start using the tool you first need to save a new HTML file On the left select New from the pull down menu Enter the name of the file in the File Name field Click New The left column now displays a number tasks that you can perform on the new file For more details see Page Builder window on page 150 You can also click Instructions on the left to access the online help window To exit the Page Builder tool click either Exit to exit without saving your changes or Save and Exit to save your changes before exiting The Public Site screen appears 149 Chapter 5 The second method is as follows 1 On the Public Site screen click View Users The View User List table appears Click the green globe icon next to the user s name A default home page appears with the title Welcome to lt user gt s Home Page Click Edit This Page at the bottom An authentication dialog appears Enter your user name and password Click OK The Page Builder window opens The left column displays a number tasks that you can perform on the default home page file For more details see Page Builder window on page 150 You can also click Instructions on the left to access the online help window To exit the Page Builder tool click either Exit to exit without saving your changes or Save and Exit to save your changes before exiting The Public Si
112. ing rule 1 2 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left Click IP Firewall at the top The IP Filtering Rule List table appears In the list locate the filtering rule that you want to modify Click the green pencil icon next to that rule The Modify IP Filtering Rule table appears Modify the one or all of the following fields See the description of each field under Adding an IP filtering rule on page 107 e Rule number to change the order of the rules e Policy e Source IP address e Destination IP address e Subnet mask e Port e Protocol Click Confirm Modify The UI on the screen refreshes and the IP Filtering Rule table appears with the modifications 109 Chapter 4 110 Removing an IP filtering rule To remove an IP filtering rule 1 2 Time On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left Click IP Firewall at the top The IP Filtering Rule List table appears In the list locate the filtering rule that you want to remove Click the brown trashcan icon next to that rule A confirmation dialog box appears asking 1f you want to delete the IP filtering rule Click OK in the confirmation dialog box The UI on the screen refreshes and the IP filtering List table appears The deleted rule has been removed from the table The Qube 2 Administrator can configure the correct time and date and the time zone for the Qube 2 1 SY oe pO TS O
113. irements 4 Target audience for the Qube 2 5 Cobalt Developer Network 5 Organization of the user manual 5 List of chapters and appendices 7 Customer Service and Technical Support 8 General Cobalt information 8 Cobalt Technical Support and Service 8 Email contact 8 Technical Support telephone numbers 8 Further information 9 Before contacting Cobalt Networks Technical Support 10 To speed up your support call 10 Cobalt logo badge 11 2 Setting up the Qube 2 13 Qube 2 setup 13 Phase 1 Making the Connection 13 Connecting to the network 13 Connecting the locking power supply 14 Powering on the Qube 2 14 Configuring Network Settings 14 Using the LCD console to configure the network 15 Configuring the Qube 2 through a DHCP server 16 Configuring the Qube 2 manually 17 Entering the IP address 17 Vil Contents Phase 2 Setting up with the Web browser Active Assist Online Help Configuring the Qube 2 with the Setup Wizard Network Integration Administrator Setup Password guidelines Services Setup Time Setup Access Rights Users Setup Groups Setup Product Registration Completing configuration with the Setup Wizard 3 Services on the Qube 2 Managing your Personal Profile Using email on the Qube 2 Setting up your email client Email aliases Email relaying Developing Web pages FrontPage 98 and FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions Using Page Builder Using an HTML editor CGI scripts Publishing Web pages using FTP Sharing files and transfe
114. iscussions The value entered must be a whole number greater than zero 4 Click Save Changes Figure 23 shows the Group Defaults table Figure 23 Group Defaults table Administrator Site Users Group Defaults Maximum alowed disk space is 50 MB Groups Mang uite Coma Network Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor 71 Chapter 4 72 Adding a group To add a group 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Groups on the left The Groups List table appears 2 Click Add Group The Add New Group table appears See Figure 24 3 Fill in the fields e Group name Enter the name of the group The name can be a maximum of 12 characters long you can only use lowercase English letters numbers and the hyphen and underscore _ characters e Maximum allowed disk space MB This value is the amount of disk space available to a user for file storage and Web pages The value entered must be a whole number greater than zero 4 The lower part of the Add New Group table lists all of the users on the Qube 2 To add a member to the group click to turn on the check box next to the user name To remove a member from the group click to turn off the check box next to the user name 5 Click Confirm New Group The UI on the screen refreshes and the Groups List table appears with the new group and members Administrator Site Figure 24 shows the Add New Group table
115. ists Report generated 2000 07 22 01 02 Network Paria covered 200007719 17 45 2000072 1 Control Panel Number of computers requesting web content 2 Maintenance e HTML page requests 100 45 Bad requests 10 4 System Status t Tareqests 221 Service Status 3 Distinct files served 5 Byes transferred 511764 Public Site Other Web Usage Statistics all Web content ranked by number of requests Request statistics for report period Access by domain all Web pages referred to this Cobalt server lall Lall Web browsers that have accessed this Cobalt server Download Log File Active Monitor 125 Chapter 4 Email The Email Status chart displays the status of the Post Office Protocol 3 POP3 server the Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP server and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP service File sharing services The File Services chart displays the status of the File Transfer Protocol FTP service the Windows File Sharing SMB CIFS service and the AppleShare service Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP The Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP chart displays the operational status of the SNMP server either normal or otherwise Domain Name System DNS The Domain Name System DNS chart indicates whether DNS is active and whether it is operating properly For more information on DNS see Appendix D Domain Name System on page 173 Dynamic Ho
116. ive Assist provides real time context sensitive help on the UI To access Active Assist place the cursor over the icon beside any item A description of the item appears at the bottom of the browser page Configuring the Qube 2 with the Setup Wizard To configure the Qube 2 enter information into the fields on the Setup Wizard screens These fields are described in the sections that follow The Setup Wizard is a series of seven screens that guide you through the setup process After completing each step click on the NEXT button to apply the changes and move on to the next step The Qube 2 performs automatic checks on the information entered and alerts you when an illegal value or a problem is encountered When the information is entered correctly at each stage the Qube 2 enters the changes in its configuration files before proceeding to the next step Changes may take several seconds to complete Note For help with a particular field in the Setup Wizard move the pointer over the Active Assist icon adjacent to the field and help text is displayed at the bottom of the screen Network Integration Figure 8 shows the Network Integration screen For more information on the network settings see Network on page 80 If the Qube 2 obtained its network parameters from a dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP server the Network Integration screen of the Setup Wizard appears with all the fields filled in You just need to
117. le The UI screen refreshes Note You must save the changes in the Service Settings table for the DCHP information to take effect Administrator Site Access rights Under Access Rights you can specify the users who e can add or delete users e can access the Qube 2 home page e can install CGI scripts e have telnet access To configure the access rights 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears 2 Click Access Rights at the top The tables for access rights appear See Figure 34 3 Enter the parameters for the access rights The following paragraphs explain these parameters 4 Click Save Changes on the Access Rights page Figure 34 shows the Access Rights tables Figure 34 Access Rights tables Administrator Site Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time Users F User Add and Remove e Open Anyone can add users to the Cobalt server and remove his her account This is less Groups P work for the administrator Restricted Only the admin can add and remove users This is more work for the administrator Mailing Lists meeen Public Site Access i e cobalt letwo T 2 Open Anyone in the world can access the Public Site i 1 Central nate oO Restrctea Only registered users can access the Public Site Maintenance Install CGI Scripts System Status Q Open Both users and admin can install CGI scripts This is more flexible but le
118. le Type in the desktop to All Files If you want to restore only some of the files click Selective Restore Click Restore A Backup File below the File Restore table Do not interrupt an archive restore because this can corrupt data If the restore process is interrupted the user can try to restore again To restore a user home directory or a virtual site directory make sure the user or group already exists before restoring the files When data is restored the Qube 2 and its corresponding parts group user email are returned to the exact state they were in prior to backup 118 Administrator Site Install software You can add new software to the Qube 2 from the browser You can install new software obtained either from the Cobalt Networks Web site or from a CD supplied by Cobalt Networks Figure 39 shows the Install Software table Figure 39 Install Software table Administrator Site Ea Backup Restore Install Software Reboot Shutdown Users 2 Install Software Groups Software to install admin password Mailing Lists Network Install a pkg Package Packages can be downloaded from the Cobalt Networks web site If you do not have Internet access contact Cobalt Maktananos 3 Networks to receive any package files If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 you may not see a Browse Dutton here and you cannot wpload a file Please obtain a newer browser Control Panel System
119. lick OK A separate browser window opens to the Log In screen of the InfoPlace Document Organizer software 5 Select New InfoBase from the pull down menu 6 Click Continue A new InfoBase appears in the window Install software You can add new software to the Qube 2 from the browser You can install new software obtained either from the Cobalt Networks Web site or from a CD supplied by Cobalt Networks For more information see Install software on page 119 53 Chapter 3 54 Chapter 4 Administrator Site This chapter describes the functions that can be performed only by the Cobalt Qube 2 Administrator To access the Qube 2 Administrator Site you can either e from the Public Site click Administrator Site on the left or e enter the URL http lt hostname gt lt domainname gt admin into your browser You are prompted for the Qube 2 Administrator user name and password Figure 17 shows the Administrator Site screen The options on this screen are described in the remainder of this chapter e users see page 61 e groups see page 69 e mailing lists see page 75 e network see page 80 e control panel see page 87 e maintenance see page 111 e system status see page 122 e service status see page 124 e public site see page 127 e Active Monitor see page 127 55 Chapter 4 Figure 17 Administrator Site screen Administrator Site User Management Administrator Us
120. lls you what each button does Additional help Search can be accessed onthe Cobalt Networks web page To access Cobalt s web page click onthe Cobalt logointhetop left comer of a each page and then select the link to the Cobalt Networks site Personal Profile This page can easily be replaced with your own page Toreplace this page transfer yournewcontent to the directory thome groupsihome After doing so the Public Site can be accessed withthe URL http hostnamescobaltt Programs Administrator Site 32 Chapter 3 Services on the Qube 2 This chapter offers a brief overview of the services available on the Cobalt Qube 2 The services are described in detail in Chapter 4 Administrator Site on page 55 and Chapter 5 Public Site on page 129 These services include e email and mailing lists e Web publishing e file sharing through Windows file sharing Appleshare and file transfer protocol FTP e discussion groups e Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server e Domain Name System DNS server e Network Address Translation NAT e IP firewall e Internet access through a high speed serial port e text search e document management with the InfoPlace Document Organizer e installation of software 33 Chapter 3 Managing your Personal Profile Registered users on the Qube 2 can manage their own Personal Profile using any standard Web browser The features accessible from this scr
121. ly revealed in the list Click on the green triangle to hide that thread of messages the green triangle becomes a blue triangle with a plus sign A blue triangle with a plus sign next to a message shows that there are replies to that message and that the thread is currently hidden Click on the blue triangle to reveal that thread of messages the blue triangle becomes a green triangle with a minus sign Unread messages are indicated by a blue circle in the Unread column Figure 46 shows a sample discussion window Figure 46 Sample discussion window V Subject V Sender V Date Unread v General administration admin Mon 24 Jul 100 19 12 50 Y Re General administration admin Mon 24 Jul 100 19 35 48 Re Re General administration abose Mon 24 Jul 100 19 39 4 Re General administration kchiu Mon 24 Jul 100 19 44 36 e v Lost knapsack abose Mon 24 Jul 100 19 409 e Re Lost knapsack ichiu Mon 24 Jul 100 19 43 13 e Scheduling General Admin times admin Mon 24 Jul 100 19 48 33 Sender admin Attachment Please email me the one or 136 Subject Scheduling General Admin times Date Mon 24 Jul 100 19 48 33 Everyone I would like to try to schedule regular times during the week that I can take the server offline and perform administrative tasks two four hour periods during the week that are the most convenient for you and I will review all the responses Public Site Creating a new discussion topic Any user wh
122. m the local area network LAN to the Internet including over modem connections are masqueraded by NAT Services on the Qube 2 For outgoing packets NAT translates a private IP address an IP address that is not globally unique on the internal network into the legal address of the secondary interface packets are then forwarded onto the Internet NAT Returning Inbound Requests On the Qube 2 the NAT feature takes inbound packets requests returning from the Internet a unencapsulates them and distributes them to the Sd proper workstation on the internal LAN Sore Qube 2 192 168 1 9 Computer 205 197 183 142 192 168 110 tx 205 197 163 142 192 168 1 9 Vie 192 168 1 8 P Internet 205 197 163 142 192 168 1 8 Computer 205197163142 19216817 m E 192 168 1 7 i 205 197 163 142 182 168 1 6 we Firewall Computer 192 168 1 6 P Computer For incoming packets NAT does the opposite NAT receives a packet from the Internet and translates the legal address of the secondary interface into the private IP address on the internal network NAT Outbound Requests On the Qube 2 the NAT feature takes outbound packets requests from workstations and encapsulates them into requests from the AON secondary interface hiding the internal LAN jai Qube 2 a1 021681 9 Computer 4 205 197
123. mage components during the upgrade 1 If a PCI expansion card is already installed you have to remove the card before you can add the memory module If a PCI card is not installed go to Step 4 Remove the screw holding the PCI card in place Pull the PCI card out of the connector on the input output 1 0 board Remove the screw holding the central processing unit CPU card in place Pull the CPU card out of the slot on the I O board See Figure 53 If you have 128 MB of memory installed the second memory slot slot 1 is empty in the Qube 2 See Figure 54 You can have mismatched sizes of memory modules for example you can install a 128 MB module and a 64 MB module 165 Appendix B 7 Ifyou have mismatched sizes of memory modules you must install the larger module in Slot 0 See Figure 54 If the memory module you are adding is larger than the module currently installed remove the current module from slot 0 and install the larger memory module Install the smaller module in slot 1 If the memory module you are adding is smaller than the module currently installed install the smaller module in slot 1 8 Ifa PCI expansion card had been installed replace the PCI card in the PCI connector on the I O board Fasten the PCI card in place with the screw that was holding the PCI slot cover 9 If you want to close up the Qube 2 go to Closing the Qube 2 on page 167 If you want to add a PCI expansion card
124. mbergh Mailing Lists r Email Aliases Network E gt Control Panel if Thank you for your email I will reply to you Maintenance las soon as possible Vacation Autoresponder Email Reply a System Status gt Service Status Save Changes CID Public Site Active Monitor 67 Chapter 4 68 Adding an email alias for a user To add an email alias for a user 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Users on the left The Users List table appears In the Users List table locate the user for whom you want to add an email alias Click the blue envelope s aJ icon next to that user s name The Email Settings table appears In the Email aliases field enter additional name s for which the user can receive email To add more than one alias enter one alias per line For more information on email aliases see Email aliases on page 36 Click Save Changes The UI on the screen refreshes and the Users List table appears If you modified the email aliases the modifications show up in the table Removing a user To remove a user Caution You cannot undo this action If you remove a user you delete the user account and all of the files On the Administrator Site screen click Users on the left The Users List table appears In the users list locate the user that you want to remove Click the brown trashcan m icon next to that user s name A confirmation dialog box appea
125. mbers the modifications show up in the table Administrator Site Removing a group To remove a group AN Caution You cannot undo this action If you remove a group you delete the group all of the files in the group directory the group directory itself the associated mailing list for that group if one has been created and the Windows file sharing and Appleshare settings 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Groups on the left The Groups List table appears 2 In the list locate the group that you want to remove 3 Click the brown trashcan im icon next to that group A confirmation dialog box appears asking if you want to delete the group 4 Click OK in the confirmation dialog box The UI on the screen refreshes and the Groups List table appears The deleted group is removed from the table Mailing lists In the Mailing Lists section you can create and manage mailing lists for the site To access this section on the Administrator Site click Mailing Lists on the left The Mailing Lists table appears see Figure 25 The table displays the mailing list name and the recipients for each mailing list 75 Chapter 4 A mailing list with a dimmed trashcan is a mailing list created as part of a group on the Qube 2 A mailing list can receive email from an address that is external to the Qube 2 Note When you reply to a message addressed to a mailing list your reply is copied to everyone on
126. me group can easily replace the default page with a personalized page For more information on groups see Groups on page 69 To replace the default page transfer your new content to the directory home groups home After doing so the Public Site screen can be accessed with the URL http lt hostname gt cobalt Public Site View Users From this site a user can e view the list of all registered users on the Qube 2 e visit a user s personal Web page e send an email to a user Viewing the users To view the users click View Users The View User List table appears For each user the table displays the full name and the user name Figure 44 shows the View User List table Figure 44 View User List table Public Site Homi a EW User List e runme user Name Ovweveman View Users Administrator admin Q RR View Groups Arenas Hlaisa EES Q KA Search J Bose Andrew abose 9 zZ Personal Profile Celis Roy melis 9 a progama Chiu Kevin kehiu 9 amp Eichmann Karina keichmann 9 R i Gordillo Elise egordillo 9 Eza Administrator Site a Hockin Tim thockin 9 R Lovell Jeff jlovell Z Lumbergh Bill blumbergh 9 B McNeil Geg gmeneil 9 Z Poss Melissa mposs Q EK Sanaille Nicole nsarraille 9 Z Tran Dianna dtan 9 R Zraick Desa dzraick 9 zZ 131 Chapter 5 Viewing a user s personal Web page To view a user s personal Web page 1 2 Click View Users The View User
127. n files for the users and the administrator as well as all the system setup information e All users and groups files This option backs up all the user files all the group files and all email in boxes e Files and email of user This option backs up the files and email in box for a specific user Choose the user from the pull down menu e Files and email of group This option backs up the files and email for a specific group Choose the group from the pull down menu To back up all files or to back up files changed within a certain time frame choose an option from the pull down menu adjacent to Backup files modified in the last You can choose Backup all Files 31 days 14 days 7 days 2 days or day Click Start Backup A separate dialog pops up in which you specify and filename and path The filename is given the extension qub Assign a path and a file name on your computer for storing the backup data Click Save The file transfer takes several seconds to several minutes Do not interrupt or cancel the file transfer If the file transfer fails delete the partial back up file from your computer If you try to restore a partial back up file you can corrupt the data on your Qube 2 113 Chapter 4 Scheduled backup This feature allows administrators to schedule regular automatic backups Figure 37 shows the Scheduled File Backup table Figure 37 Scheduled File Backup table Administrator Site Backu
128. n the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears Click Time at the top The Time Settings table appears Select the time and date with the pull down menus Select the correct time zone in the Time Zone pull down menu As an option you can also specify the name of a Network Time Protocol NTP server with which the Qube 2 will synchronize its internal clock every night Enter the host name or IP address of the NTP server Click Synchronize Now You can find a list of publicly available NTP servers at http www eecis udel edu mills ntp servers html Click Save Changes Administrator Site Maintenance The Maintenance section of the Administrator Site screen provides several Web based utilities that facilitate the day to day operations of the Qube 2 The Qube 2 Administrator can use the following utilities e backup e restore e install software e reboot e shutdown To access these utilities 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Maintenance on the left The File Backup table appears 2 Choose a utility at the top The utilities are described in the following sections Backup Caution A backup captures data only for example email messages stored on the server or Web files It does NOT back up the settings for users or groups As the Qube 2 Administrator you can perform different types of backups This is a separate function from the Legato backup f
129. nd are automatically created for each group Only members of a particular group are allowed to participate in discussions belonging to that group These discussions are private individuals outside the group are not allowed to access the group s discussions Note The Qube 2 Administrator is automatically a member of each group on the Qube 2 Description of a discussion thread When you join a discussion thread or start a new discussion a separate browser window opens The title bar of the new browser window displays Discussion Group lt groupname gt The discussion group window contains three frames e The top frame holds the command buttons and the column headings e The middle frame displays the messages if any as hypertext links in a nested arrangement replies are indented from the original message e The bottom frame displays the message of the highlighted message 135 Chapter 5 The following points describe a discussion thread If there is a list of messages they are arranged by the date of the original message with the most recent posting at the bottom of the list You can display the messages according to the subject line or the sender s name If you add a new message or reply to a message the window refreshes and lists the messages according to the date again A green triangle with a minus sign next to a message shows that there are replies to that message and that the thread is current
130. nd manipulate folders or mailboxes on the server delete messages or search for certain parts or an entire note IMAP requires continuous access to the server during the time that you are working with your mail IMAP can be thought of as a remote file server Another protocol Post Office Protocol POP can be thought of as a store and forward service POP and IMAP deal with receiving email from your local server Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP is a protocol for transferring email between points on the Internet You send email with SMTP and a mail handler receives it on your recipient s behalf Then the mail is read using POP or IMAP See also Post Office Protocol 3 POP3 and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP Internet Protocol IP A network layer protocol in the TCP IP stack offering a connectionless internetwork service IP provides features for addressing type of service specification fragmentation and reassembly and security IP is defined in RFC 791 197 Appendix F IP address A 32 bit address assigned to hosts using Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP An IP address belongs to one of five classes A B C D or E and is written as four octets separated by periods for example 192 168 10 10 also called the dotted decimal format Each address consists of a network number an optional subnetwork number and a host number The network and subnetwork numbers together are used for
131. ndow on the right double click the Qube 2 you want to access listed as lt hostname gt Connect to the file server appears in the dialog box Select Registered User Enter the user name and password used on the Qube 2 the password is case sensitive Click OK A dialog displays the volumes on the Qube 2 if a volume is not accessible it is grayed out Double click the volume s you want to access e GroupHome provides access to group directories e lt username gt provides access to user directories Click OK The selected volume appears on the desktop 45 Chapter 3 46 Using AppleShare over IP The Qube 2 supports the use of AppleShare over IP which means you can access your Qube 2 across an intranet or over the Internet The Qube 2 shares its volume through AppleShare over IP by default If you want to connect to a remote Appleshare volume over the Internet 1 From the Apple menu in the top left corner select Chooser The Chooser dialog appears 2 In the window on the left select AppleShare 3 Inthe right corner click Server IP Address The Server IP Address dialog appears 4 Enter the fully qualified host name or IP address of the Qube 2 that you want to access 5 Click Connect Using FTP File Transfer Protocol FTP is typically available on platforms that support Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP which are the underlying protocols used by the Qube 2 F
132. network configuration information which is useful if you change the location of the Qube 2 e reboot the unit which restarts the entire system e power down the unit in a way that allows the Qube 2 to close all open files and minimizes startup time the next time the Qube 2 is powered on AN Caution It is important to follow the proper power down procedure before turning off the Qube 2 Refer to Powering down on page 158 You access each of these functions by holding down the button on the LCD console for approximately two seconds This action causes the LCD screen to enter its function mode Press the button until the function you want appears on the LCD screen To cancel the LCD function mode select the EXIT function when it appears on the screen Press the button and select YES 155 Appendix A Changing network configuration 156 To reset the IP address or change the network configuration of the Primary Network Interface 1 On the LCD console hold down the button for approximately 2 seconds The LCD screen displays SELECT SETUP NETWORK 2 Press the button 3 Enter the IP address of the Primary Network Interface using the arrow buttons The left and right arrow buttons move the cursor position to the left or right The up and down arrow buttons increase or decrease the digit at the cursor position 4 Press the button Enter the Netmask of the Primary Network Interface using the arrow b
133. nistrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears the Email server option is checked on by default 2 Click the Parameters link next to Email Server The Email Parameters table appears See Figure 30 One field is labeled Relay for the following hosts domains The following paragraphs explain how to fill in this field For more information see Email relaying on page 37 10 9 28 125 i f 10 9 28 129 Relay for the following Hosts Domains 10 9 28 130 3 Click Save Changes in the Email Parameters table 4 Click Save Changes in the Service Settings table The entries you add to this field serve as part of a pattern match against the email that the client is sending As a result some handy shortcuts are possible If you have a number of hosts in the same network block you can as a shortcut simply enter the number of the network block Administrator Site For example specifying a network such as 192 168 1 in the Relay email from these hosts domains field trusts all IP addresses from 192 168 1 1 through 192 168 1 254 Note There is no trailing period on the number of the network block and there are only three octets entered in the field It is important that you do not include a trailing dot after the part of the IP address that you want to match If you want to allow connections from a host that ends for example in mydomain com add the string mydomain
134. nt to serve for example www and yourdomain com Enter the name of the host that will exchange the mail for the domain entered in the second field You can also set the priority for mail delivery through a pull down menu Click Update List Click Save Changes to DNS Server 175 Appendix D Specifying an alias CNAME record This feature allows you to alias one host name to another The target host name does not need to be a member of the local domain For example you can create an alias record from news domain com to uucp isp net AN Caution Do not use an Alias CNAME Record to cause a domain name to resolve to a host name For example do not create an Alias CNAME Record for mydomain com that resolves to www mydomain com Instead add a new Address A Record for mydomain com to the IP address used by www mydomain com See Configuring a primary DNS server on page 174 To specify an alias CNAME record 1 On the Administrator screen click Control Panel The Service Settings table appears 2 Click Parameters next to the DNS service in the Service Settings table The DNS Settings table appears 3 Click Add Alias Lookup 4 Enter the host name and domain name for which you want to create an alias for example www and yourdomain com and enter the host name and domain name for the target The target host name is optional 5 Click Update List 6 Click Save Changes to DNS Server
135. o belongs to a specific group can begin a discussion within that group To begin a new discussion topic 1 On the Public Site click View Groups on the left The View Group List table appears See Figure 45 2 Click the green balloon m icon next to the group to which you belong and in which you want to begin a discussion A separate browser window opens with the title of Discussion Group lt group name gt 3 Click New Message at the top The browser window displays the Discussion Group Message window Fill in the fields for a new message e Subject line optional e Attachment optional see Adding an attachment to a message on page 139 e Message 4 Click Submit to post the message or Cancel to cancel the message The browser window refreshes and the discussion group window is displayed with the new message Figure 47 shows a new Discussion Message window Figure 47 New Discussion Message window Subject aaa No Attachments Attachment Message i 137 Chapter 5 Joining an existing discussion 1 On the Public Site click View Groups on the left The View Group List table appears See Figure 45 2 Click the green balloon a icon next to the group to which you belong A separate browser window opens for the discussion group 3 If there are already entries for a discussion group they appear as hypertext links in a nested
136. o limit the number of simultaneous users of the anonymous FTP service 4 Click Save Changes in the FTP Settings table 5 Click Save Changes in the Service Settings table To download a file through anonymous FTP log on to the site with the user name guest or anonymous You can enter any password When you log on with one of these user names you enter the directory home groups home ftp This directory can also be accessed by the URL ftp lt IP address gt The Qube 2 Administrator can post files here for downloading through FTP client software or a Web browser To upload a file you must use FTP client software for example Fetch or WS FTP and access the directory home ftp incoming Once you have uploaded a file you as a guest cannot see it or access it on the FTP site However all registered site users with telnet shell privileges can access it The size limit specified for a file uploaded by FTP is the total amount of disk space allocated for an FTP upload If this disk space is set to zero guests cannot upload to the FTP site Administrator Site Windows file sharing SMB Windows based machines use a file sharing protocol called Server Message Block SMB or Windows file sharing Once Windows file sharing is set up the Qube 2 appears in your Network Neighborhood as a machine named lt hostname gt the name that the Qube 2 Administrator assigned to the Qube 2 in the Setup Wizard or the Control Panel
137. obase labeled Demo in order to try moving files to the Qube 2 and finding documents that have already been stored using the Document Organizer Logging in to an InfoBase To log in to a particular InfoBase 1 From the Log In screen of the InfoPlace Document Organizer select the InfoBase from the pull down menu 2 Click Continue The InfoBase appears in the window Accessing online help Online help for the InfoPlace Document Organizer is available from two sources e From the Log In screen select Overview to get a summary of the capabilities of the InfoPlace Document Organizer this summary appears in a separate browser window e Once you have logged in to an Infobase you can get help on specific menu items by clicking on the Active Assist question mark icon at the top of the page This action opens a separate browser window displaying the summary of the capabilities of the InfoPlace Document Organizer Designating easy to find documents When you place a new document on the Qube 2 through the InfoPlace Document Organizer it prompts you for pertinent document information the author of the document creation date modification date title type key words and document summary The document information is captured in a record that describes the properties of a given document Other members of the group can search for the document based on the properties stored in the Infobase records See Search on page 141 1
138. obbies and links to related users groups or information you wish to share with others You can modify this page using any of the tools that come with the Cobalt server or any standard HTML editor Remember to delete template information such as this ep EE gt Bi paragraph Current Projects Sy Bp insert Block insert a tist of the current projects your group may be working on You can create additional individual pages if you wish to explain each project in 88 E set colors detail Create links from this section to those pages A My Schedule 4 gt 9 Instructions O Edit Title Exit ns Title John Smith s Hone Page Save Exit Update Page The Qube 2 is shipped with the InfoPlace Document Organizer pre loaded The Qube 2 Administrator can also install software programs on the Qube 2 server Click Programs on the left A Program List table appears This tables lists all of the programs installed on the Cobalt server To access a program click on the name shown as a hypertext link Managing documents The InfoPlace Document Organizer allows users to store information documents images graphics multimedia files and URLs on the Qube 2 in such a way that other users can find it quickly The InfoPlace Document Organizer is entirely Web based you do not have to leave your browser to use it 151 Chapter 5 Figure 52 The InfoPlace Document Organizer maintains a database of information about t
139. of this License 8 If the distribution and or use of the Program is restricted in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces the original copyright holder who places the Program under this License may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded In such case this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the body of this License 9 The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and or new versions of the General Public License from time to time Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns Each version is given a distinguishing version number If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and any later version you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation If the Program does not specify a version number of this License you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation 190 Licenses 10 If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free programs whose distribution conditions are different write to the author to ask for permission For software which is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation write to the Free Software Foundation
140. ol SNMP Domain Name Service DNS Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Telnet Click on the lights to see more detailed information Key No Information Nomai Problem severe Problem Colors and status indicators Color Green Yellow Status Correct functioning Advance warning of potential problems that should be investigated by the Qube 2 Administrator for example low disk space Red Grey Failure Inactive or information is not yet available 128 Chapter 5 Public Site This chapter describes the functions that registered users or the Cobalt Qube 2 Administrator can perform on the Public Site of the Qube 2 As a registered user of the Qube 2 you can e contact and collaborate with other users through email mailing lists and discussions e change your full name and password e send and receive email and configure your email options e monitor the usage of your directory s disk space e back up restore and transfer your files e search for information on the Qube 2 To access the Public Site enter the IP address of the Qube 2 or the URL http lt hostname gt lt domainname gt into your browser If you are logged in as the Qube 2 Administrator and are on the Administrator Site click Public Site on the left The features available on the Public Site screen are described in the remainder of this chapter e home e view users e view groups e searc
141. om these hosts domains a _ Receive email addressed to these hosts domains Block email from these users hosts domains Active Monitor 90 Administrator Site Enabling the email server To enable the email server click the Email Server check box Now you can set the email parameters To configure the email parameters IMPORTANT To receive email the host name of the Qube 2 as specified in the Setup Wizard must be entered into your organization s DNS server SMTP does not work unless the IP address of the DNS server has been entered in the Network section of the Administrator Site On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears the Email server option is checked on by default Click the Parameters link next to Email Server The Email Parameters table appears See Figure 30 Fill in the fields in the Email Parameters table The following paragraphs explain these fields Click Save Changes in the Email Parameters table Click Save Changes in the Service Settings table Configure the email parameters as follows Email Delivery Settings table This option specifies how frequently email is delivered by the email server on the Qube 2 The Immediate option means email is delivered as soon as a user sends the message The other options queue the messages sending them at the specified frequency reducing t
142. omain Name System DNS Domain name 194 The location of an organization or other entity on the Internet For example the address www cobalt com locates an Internet address for the domain name cobalt com at a particular IP address and a particular host server named www Glossary Domain Name System DNS The Internet service responsible for translating a human readable host name such as cobalt com into a numeric IP address 111 123 45 67 for TCP IP communications Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP A protocol that provides a mechanism for allocating IP addresses dynamically so that an address can be reused when a host no longer needs it Ethernet The most widely used technology for local area networks LANs Standard ethernet runs at 10 Mb s 100 Mb s or 1000 Mb s It balances speed price ease of installation and availability File sharing The public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network with various levels of access privileges File Transfer Protocol FTP A standard Internet protocol and a way to exchange files between computers connected to the Internet FTP is an application protocol that uses TCP IP protocols FTP is commonly used to transfer Web page files from the computer that was used to create the files to the computer that acts as the server for these files It is also used to download programs and other files to your computer from other servers Using FTP you can
143. on a mountable NFS resource e SMB Server Windows File Sharing places the backup file onto a directory shared from a Windows machine Enter a location for storing the backup data The location you specify depends in part on the backup method you select in step 6 See Backup File Locations below for an explanation of locations you can enter here If the backup destination associated with your method of backup requires a password for access enter the password in this field This field is ignored for the NFS and anonymous FTP methods See Backup file locations on page 116 Click Save Changes 115 Chapter 4 116 Backup file locations For a backup by FTP Server e A location of lt username gt ftp server com puts the backup file in the initial login directory e A location of lt username gt ftp server com path to backups puts the backup file in the specified path on the server using lt username gt to login For a backup by Anonymous FTP e For an anonymous FTP connection the file must be put in a directory where anonymous FTP users have write access This is generally the incoming directory e A location of ftp server com incoming places the backup file on ftp server com under the incoming directory e The Password field should contain the password for the specified user or be left blank for anonymous logins For a backup by NFS Server e The location should be lt server gt lt share
144. on the hyperlink to see those statistics Click Back to return to the Disk Usage table 122 Administrator Site Figure 40 shows a sample of the disk usage statistics for each user Figure 40 Disk Usage table Administrator Site Memory CPU Disk Network Modem Users 2 Users Disk Usage pais Severity UserName Full Name Used MB Free MB Allowed MB Usage Graph admin Administrator o 5328 5328 A 07 Mailing Lists aose AnewBose o0 30 a Q blumbergh Bill Lumbergh o 30 30 A 07 Network QO dn DimaT n 0 30 0 peee dmik DesaZmick 30 Q earenas Eloisa Arenas 0 30 30 A 07 Maintenance egomilo Elise Gordillo O 30 o gt Q gmeneil Greg McNeil ie 30 30 rr 07 a ae re jowl Jefflowl 0 a 30 o Servico Status Q kchiu KevinChu 0 3a 30 A 07 keihmamn Karina Fichmann 0 3 30 o mposs MelissaPoss 0O 30 0 Public Site mamie Nicole Samaille 0 a 30 A 07 meis RoyCeis 0 3 30 ES 07 tokn TmHokn 0 3 30 A 07 D Active Monitor Memory The Memory Status chart tells you if memory swapping is high If you see a red light in this chart you may want to add more memory to the Qube 2 Central Processing Unit CPU The CPU Usage chart provides a real time update of CPU load It indicates the number of tasks waiting to be executed This chart helps you evaluate whether the Qube 2 s CPU is being used heavily or lightly Disk The Disk
145. onfiguration Protocol DHCP allows the Qube 2 to assign automatically the network configuration information such as IP address domain name DNS service subnet mask and gateway to client computers that support DHCP including Macintosh and Windows desktop computers The Qube 2 Administrator can enable the DHCP feature on the Qube 2 so that the Qube 2 is able to assign automatically the network information necessary for your desktop computer For more information on setting up DHCP on the Qube 2 see Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server on page 100 What is DHCP and what are the benefits DHCP is a way for a networked computers to obtain its TCP IP settings when it boots up With DHCP configured and enabled a network administrator does not need to configure workstations manually or modify networking settings when computers move or the network changes This saves time and expense 47 Chapter 3 48 What is a configuration The Qube 2 DHCP configuration includes the default Gateway DNS servers subnet mask and IP address from an address pool What are leases When the Qube 2 sends a configuration to a requesting DHCP client one of the DHCP options returned is the lease time The lease time tells the DHCP client how long it can use the IP address Before the lease time expires the DHCP client sends a lease renewal request to the Qube 2 The Qube 2 then sends back to the client a renewed lease time along
146. onfiguring the Cobalt Qube 2 for your network and user community A typical setup process takes less than 15 minutes after which you can begin using all of the Qube 2 services If the Qube 2 has been configured previously for a different network refer to Changing network configuration on page 156 in Appendix A Qube 2 setup The setup process occurs in two phases e Phase 1 Making the Connection explains the physical connection of the Qube 2 to a power source and the network e Phase 2 Setting up with the Web browser explains the network integration process and allows the administrator to select services and create users and groups using any browser enabled computer Phase 1 Making the Connection Connecting to the network Connect the Primary Network Interface 10 100 BaseTX of the Qube 2 to your local network with a twisted pair ethernet cable see Figure 5 Figure 5 Network connectors Om OSC O Secondary Primary 277 Locking power socket Serial port Secondary Primary Network Network Interface Interface Chapter 2 14 If you want to connect the Qube 2 to the Internet you can use either an external modem or the Secondary Network Interface if you have a leased line to the Internet e For a modem connection to the Internet Connect a standard Hayes compatible external modem to the serial port of the Qube 2 see Figure 5 e Fora leased line connection
147. or Domain Name System DNS e a FAQ for email relay e how to deploy a Qube 2 with Digital Subscriber Loop DSL e how to create a package pkg file Education For those who desire a premium level of technical expertise with Cobalt Networks products we offer a number of training courses The intended audience includes end users Cobalt resellers system and network administrators systems engineers product developers support technicians consultants and trainers You can access the site at http www cobalt com support education index html Chapter 1 Solutions For customers looking for business case information concerning Cobalt products there are also a number of white papers available on Cobalt s Web site at http www cobalt com solutions Developers If you are a software or hardware developer look for information at http developer cobalt com Before contacting Cobalt Networks Technical Support 10 First make an effort to resolve the problem on your own Take note of all actions you perform and any error messages so that if necessary you can describe them to a member of the Technical Support team Refer to the user manual and try our online services to answer your questions The Technical Support KnowledgeBase the User Groups the Online Documentation and the Solutions page offer a wealth of information and may answer your question quickly To speed up your support call When contacting Cobalt Networks Te
148. ore information on the setting up users see Configuring the user settings on page 61 The Qube 2 Administrator can manage the services on the Qube 2 The administrator is also a special user that is he or she is by default a member of all groups created on the Qube 2 Note To add users through the browser interface after the Qube 2 is set up see Configuring the user settings on page 61 Note Due to a limitation in the Linux operating system a Qube 2 Administrator or any other user can belong to a maximum of 32 groups only Click the NEXT button to move to the next screen Figure 13 Users Setup screen 6 of 7 lt Users Setup step 6 of7 Set user defaults and add registered users Set User Defaults No users have been created Setting up the Qube 2 Groups Setup The Groups Setup screen appears see Figure 14 On this screen the Qube 2 Administrator can create different groups of users Each group has its own mailing list Web site file storage and private discussion area Set Group Defaults establishes the maximum allowed disk space that groups can use Note To add groups through the browser interface after the Qube 2 is set up see Configuring the group settings on page 70 For more information on the setting up groups see Configuring the group settings on page 70 Click the NEXT button to move to the next screen Figure 14 Groups Setup screen 7 of 7
149. ough the web browser with the new password Service Status Save Changes Public Site Active Monitor 58 Administrator Site Modifying the Qube 2 Administrator settings AN Caution Be sure to remember the password you enter here otherwise you will need to reset it See Resetting the Qube 2 Administrator password on page 60 To modify the settings for the Qube 2 Administrator 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Administrator at the top of the screen The Administrator settings table appears Modify the one or all of the following fields You cannot modify the user name e Full name Enter the first name and last name of the administrator separated by a space e New password Enter the new password twice to ensure that you have entered it as intended For guidelines on choosing a password see Password guidelines on page 24 e Existing email address As an option enter an email address that will receive system alerts and warning messages for failed services Click Save Changes The UI on the screen refreshes 59 Chapter 4 60 Resetting the Qube 2 Administrator password When the Qube 2 Administrator password is cleared the root account is not accessible until a new administrator password is assigned AN Caution After you clear the password enter a new one as soon as possible to protect the security of the Qube 2 At this point anyone on the network can assign th
150. our primary domain name system DNS server A primary DNS server maintains a list of computer names and their IP addresses The Qube 2 needs access to this list on the primary DNS server in order to convert between IP addresses and names This conversion is essential for sending and receiving email external to the Qube 2 Note The Qube 2 can serve as the DNS server and provide the host name Administrator Site Secondary DNS server address This is the IP address of your secondary DNS server A secondary DNS server can provide redundant DNS service to your computers If the primary DNS server is turned off then your Qube 2 can use the secondary DNS server with no loss of performance Note Your primary DNS server and secondary DNS server cannot not be on the same server Default gateway This is the IP address of the network gateway such as your router or firewall A gateway address is required to connect to systems outside the local network It may be left empty if you do not wish to access outside networks If you are using a modem the word modem is entered in this field IP forwarding If this feature is enabled IP packets from one network interface can be routed to another 3 Modify the one or all of the interface settings IP address This is the IP address of the primary interface which connects to your Intranet This field must be filled in Subnet mask This is the subnet mask of the primary interface The no
151. p Restore Install Software Reboot Shutdown Users Scheduled File Backup QO me Groups Q Al server configuration email and user files Mailing Lists Allserver configuration Data to Backup Q All users and group files a O Fes and emai of wer Cont Pane O Firs ant ena gu Maintenance Backup files modified inthe last Backup all Files rs peee s mema aes g Location Service Status Password Public Site Save Changes CED Active Monitor 114 Administrator Site To schedule regular automatic backups 1 On the Maintenance screen the Backup utility appears by default The File Backup table is on the screen Click Scheduled Backup The Scheduled File Backup table appears see Figure 37 In Data to Backup select the type of Backup as described in step 2 in Manual backup on page 112 To back up all files or to back up files changed within a certain time frame choose an option from the pull down menu adjacent to Backup files modified in the last You can choose Backup all Files 31 days 14 days 7 days 2 days or day Choose the frequency of the automatic backup e Daily means each day at 1 a m e Weekly means every Sunday morning at 1 a m Saturday night going into Sunday morning e Monthly means on the first day of every month at a m Choose a backup method e FTP Server writes the backup file to an FTP server e NES places the backup file
152. page 24 Existing email address The Qube 2 Administrator can enter an address here so that all email messages addressed to the admin account and any system alerts for failed services are forwarded to this address This feature is important if the Qube 2 Administrator does not use the admin account as his or her main email account This address can be an email address on the Qube 2 or an external address Note We recommend that you reserve the email account admin for system messages and alerts only and that you do not publicize this admin account To send comments or suggestions to the Qube 2 Administrator create instead an email alias such as sysadmin for that user For information on how to add an email alias see Adding an email alias for a user on page 68 Be sure to remember the password to access the Qube 2 Administration features in the future If you forget the password or want to reset the password see Resetting the Qube 2 Administrator password on page 60 If you want to change the password see Modifying the Qube 2 Administrator settings on page 59 Click the NEXT button to move to the next screen 23 Chapter 2 24 Password guidelines Use the following guidelines when choosing a password 1 St FON Es ER 39 Use between six and eight alphanumeric characters you can use a password with more than eight characters but Linux truncates the password at eight characters
153. ponds 49 Chapter 3 Domain Name System DNS The Domain Name System DNS is a vital and integral part of the Internet Setting up DNS correctly on your Qube 2 is very important For this reason we have created an appendix solely for explaining DNS See Appendix D Domain Name System on page 173 The appendix covers the following items e basic DNS issues e advanced DNS issues e aquick start guide detailing a sample setup of DNS for a Qube 2 e a brief history of the DNS service If your network administrator is using the Qube 2 as a DNS server you can enter the IP address of the Qube 2 into the DNS server field in the TCP IP configuration on your desktop computer Network Address Translation NAT 50 The Network Address Translation NAT feature simplifies and conserves IP addresses by presenting a single IP address for a private network to the public network NAT enables private IP intranetworks that use non registered IP addresses to connect to the Internet NAT is both a security measure and a method of conserving IP addresses To enable NAT see Network Address Translation NAT on page 84 On the Qube 2 NAT functions as a router connecting two networks together NAT advertises only one IP address for the entire network to the outside world This provides additional security since the entire internal network is hidden from the outside world behind that single IP address All packets transmitted fro
154. re blank by default Administrator Site 4 Modify one or more of the following fields e Domain name e Primary DNS Server address e Secondary DNS server address optional e Subnet mask e Default gateway e Maximum lease time seconds The network information assigned by the DHCP server expires after a fixed period of time In this field specify the maximum elapsed time in seconds before a lease expires 5 Click Save Changes in the Settings for DHCP Clients table 6 Click Back in the DHCP Parameters page 7 Click the check box next to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Server to enable this option 8 Click Save Changes in the Service Settings table The UI screen refreshes Figure 33 shows a sample of the Settings for DHCP Clients table Figure 33 Sample of the Settings for DHCP Clients table Administrator Site Services Access Rights IP Firewall Time nies s Settings for DHCP Clients Domain Name jcobaltnet com Groups p Primary DNS Server Address 10 9 25 13 Mailing Lists gt Secondary DNS Server Address E ST optional Network sumet Mask 255 255 0 0 Control Panel Defaut Gateway 10 9 25 254 Maintenance eo Lease Tius e6400 System status CIDE Service Status Public Site Active Monitor 101 Chapter 4 102 To assign dynamic or static network information to the DHCP clients 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the lef
155. residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or re locate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations shielded cables must be used with this equipment Operation with non approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer can void the user s authority to operate this equipment This equipment is in compliance with Underwriters Laboratories UL and is UL listed vi Contents Important Safeguards 1 Introduction 1 General 2 Front view of the Qube 2 2 Rear view of the Qube 2 3 Qube 2 requ
156. ription of the files that meet the criteria For more information see Search on page 141 An index entry for each stored text file is created on the Qube 2 every day at 1 00 a m This index is a database of all of the key words used in a particular file their location within that file and their relation to other words used in that file For more information see Designating easy to find documents on page 153 Services on the Qube 2 Managing documents The InfoPlace Document Organizer allows users to store information documents images graphics multimedia files and URLs on the Qube 2 in such a way that other users can find it quickly The InfoPlace Document Organizer is entirely Web based you do not have to leave your browser to use it The InfoPlace Document Organizer maintains a database of information about the documents it stores on the Qube 2 This database is called an Infobase Each Qube 2 group can have several Infobases each Infobase can be accessed and used only by the group members For more information see Managing documents on page 151 Creating a new InfoBase The Qube 2 Administrator can create can create an Infobase for any group To create a new InfoBase 1 On the Public Site screen click Programs on the left The Program List table appears 2 Click InfoPlace Document Organizer in the table An authentication dialog appears 3 Enter your user name and password 4 C
157. rk for a few minutes Click Reboot 157 Appendix A Powering down Caution To prevent the potential loss of data it is important to follow the proper power down procedure before turning off the Qube 2 To power down the Qube 2 1 Onthe LCD console press and hold down the button for approximately 2 seconds The LCD screen displays SELECT SETUP NETWORK 2 Press the button until POWER DOWN appears in the LCD screen SELECT POWER DOWN 3 Press the button 4 Use the arrow buttons to toggle the cursor between Y and N Select Y to power down the system The LCD screen displays PLEASE SWITCH POWER OFF NOW 5 Press the On Off button on the back panel to turn off the Qube 2 158 Using the LCD console Resetting network configuration The Reset Network function resets the host name IP address netmask gateway and DNS information for the Primary and Secondary Network Interfaces to that of a new unconfigured Qube 2 This function is useful if you are moving the Qube 2 to a new network To reset the network state of the Qube 2 1 On the LCD console hold down the button for approximately 2 seconds The LCD screen displays SELECT SETUP NETWORK Press the button until RESET NETWORK appears in the LCD screen SELECT RESET NETWORK Press the button Use the arrow buttons to toggle the cursor between Y and N Select Y to reset the network configuration Press
158. rmal subnet mask for a class C network is 255 255 255 0 Yours may differ depending on the size of your network Network Address Translation NAT If this feature is enabled network traffic on the internal network the primary network interface sent through the Qube 2 is masqueraded as if it were coming from the external interface the modem or secondary network interface For more information see Network Address Translation NAT on page 84 Media Access Control MAC address The MAC address is the ethernet hardware address of the primary network interface This hardware address is unique to every ethernet device it cannot be changed 4 Click Save Changes 83 Chapter 4 84 Network Address Translation NAT The Network Address Translation NAT feature allows the Qube 2 to present a single IP address for a private network to the public network NAT enables private IP intranetworks that use non registered IP addresses to connect to the Internet NAT is both a security measure and a method of conserving IP addresses For more information on how NAT works see Network Address Translation NAT on page 50 AN Caution Before enabling NAT on your network coordinate this with your system administrator to ensure the integrity of your network Enabling or disabling the NAT feature To enable or disable the NAT feature on the Qube 2 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Network on the left The s
159. routing while the host number is used to address an individual host within the network or subnetwork A subnet mask is used to extract network and subnetwork information from the IP address Also called an Internet address LAN see local area network LAN Leased IP address An IP address assigned by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP to an unrecognized computing device This method involves setting up a leased pool of IP addresses that are allocated dynamically when new devices are booted and recognized on the network Local area network LAN A high speed low error data network covering a relatively small geographic area up to a few thousand meters A LAN connects workstations peripherals terminals and other devices in a single building or other geographically limited area LAN standards specify cabling and signaling at the physical and data link layers of the Open Systems Interconnection OSD model Widely used LAN technologies include Ethernet fiber distributed data interface FDDI and token ring See also wide area network WAN Logical memory see virtual memory Media access control MAC sublayer The lower of the two sublayers of the data link layer defined by the IEEE The MAC sublayer handles access to shared media such as whether token passing or contention is used 198 Glossary Media access control MAC address A standardized data link layer address that is required for every port or dev
160. rring data Using Windows file sharing SMB Before you begin Windows 95 and Windows 98 users Setting up Windows file sharing for Windows 95 and 98 Setting up Windows file sharing for Windows NT Using AppleShare Using AppleShare over IP Using FTP Vili 19 20 20 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 33 34 34 35 36 37 38 38 39 39 39 40 41 42 42 43 44 45 46 46 Contents Working in collaboration through discussions 47 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server 47 What is DHCP and what are the benefits 47 What is a configuration 48 What are leases 48 How does DHCP work 48 Domain Name System DNS 50 Network Address Translation NAT 50 IP Firewall 52 Internet access through high speed serial port 52 Searching for information on the Qube 2 52 Managing documents 53 Creating a new InfoBase 53 Install software 53 4 Administrator Site 55 Qube 2 Administrator 57 Configuring the Qube 2 Administrator settings 57 Modifying the Qube 2 Administrator settings 59 Resetting the Qube 2 Administrator password 60 Users 61 Configuring the user settings 61 Configuring the default user settings 61 Adding a user 63 Modifying a user account 65 Modifying a user s email settings 66 Adding an email alias for a user 68 Removing a user 68 Groups 69 Configuring the group settings 70 Configuring the default group settings 71 Adding a group 72 Modifying a group 74 Removing a group 75 1X Content
161. rs asking if you want to delete the user Click OK in the confirmation dialog box The UI on the screen refreshes and the Users List table appears The deleted user has been removed from the table Administrator Site Groups In the Groups section you can manage the group settings To access this section on the Administrator Site click Groups on the left The Groups List table appears see Figure 22 The table displays the group name and the members of each group You can add groups to the Qube 2 and allocate disk space for each group New users can be added easily and existing users can be removed easily from a group just click to turn their check boxes on or off Only members of a group can join in the threaded discussion of that group and view or post Web content to the home page of the private group The Qube 2 Administrator can delete messages from a threaded discussion or Web content from a home page When a new group is added a mailing list is automatically created for that group See Mailing lists on page 75 The Qube 2 Administrator is automatically a member of each group created on the Qube 2 Note Due to a limitation in the Linux operating system a Qube 2 Administrator or any other user can belong to a maximum of 32 groups only 69 Chapter 4 Figure 22 shows the Groups List table Figure 22 Groups List table Ea Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel Maintenance Syst
162. s Full name Enter the first and last names of the user separated by a space for example Bill Lumbergh User name The user name is generated automatically from the user s full name according to the user name format specified in the default settings Note The Qube 2 Administrator can change the generated user name Password Enter the password twice to ensure that you have entered it as intended For guidelines on choosing a password see Password guidelines on page 24 Maximum allowed disk space MB This value is the amount of disk space available to a user for file storage and Web pages The value entered must be a whole number greater than zero Email aliases Enter additional names for which the user can receive email To add more than one alias enter one alias per line or separate them with spaces For more information on email aliases see Email aliases on page 36 Click Save Changes The UI on the screen refreshes and the Users List table appears with the new user 63 Chapter 4 Figure 20 shows the Add New User table Figure 20 Add New User table Administrator Site x User Management Administrator Users Groups e an Last name Mailing Lists Qe ae Network CJ heri Control Panel Maximum allowed disk space MB im Maintenance o Email Aliases 4 gt System Status Service Status Confirm New User c Public Site Active Monitor
163. s Mailing lists 75 Configuring the mailing list settings 77 Adding a mailing list 77 Forwarding incoming email to several recipients 78 Modifying a mailing list 79 Removing a mailing list 80 Network 80 Ethernet settings 81 Entering the settings for the network configuration 82 Network Address Translation NAT 84 Enabling or disabling the NAT feature 84 Modem settings and the high speed serial port 84 Changing the modem settings 86 Verifying the status of the modem connection 87 Control Panel 87 Services 88 Managing the settings for the services 89 Web server 89 Discussion group 89 Email server 89 SMTP server 90 Enabling the email server 91 Enabling the email relaying feature 94 File Transfer Protocol server 95 Windows file sharing SMB 97 Apple file sharing AppleShare 98 Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP agent 99 Legato file backup 99 Domain Name System DNS server 100 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server 100 Access rights 103 User add and remove 104 Public site access 104 Install CGI scripts 104 Telnet access 105 IP Firewall Adding an IP filtering rule Modifying an IP filtering rule Removing an IP filtering rule Time Maintenance Backup Manual backup Scheduled backup Backup file locations Restore Install software Third party software Installing third party software Reboot Shutdown System Status Memory Central Processing Unit CPU Disk Network Modem Service Status Web Email File sharin
164. s a network and services those requests A server can be dedicated in which case this is its sole function or non dedicated where the system can be used in other ways such as a workstation Server Message Block SMB A protocol that enables client applications in a computer to read and write files on a computer network and to request services from server programs in a computer network for systems running Microsoft Windows 201 Appendix F Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP The TCP IP standard protocol for transferring electronic mail messages between points on the Internet SMTP specifies how two mail systems interact and the format of control messages they exchange to transfer mail SMTP is a protocol for transferring email between points on the Internet Post Office Protocol POP and Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP deal with receiving email from your local server You send email with SMTP and a mail handler receives it on your recipient s behalf The mail is then read using POP or IMAP See also Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP and Post Office Protocol 3 POP3 Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP A network management protocol used almost exclusively in TCP IP networks SNMP provides a means to monitor and control network devices and to manage configurations statistics collection performance and security on a network Small Computer System Interface SCSI SMB SMTP SNMP S
165. s that point to a his or her user name For example Timothy Stonis can have can have the aliases timothy xyz com and tim stonis abc com if he were an avid soccer player he might want to use the alias striker xyz com All of these aliases point to his user name lt tstonis gt at xyz com Emails addressed to any of these aliases are forwarded to tstonis xyz com However having a large number of aliases for each user can cause problems If a new user is added and the user name that is automatically generated by the Qube 2 is already in use a warning appears in the help text at the bottom of the screen stating that lt username gt is already in use as a mailing list or alias The Qube 2 does not accept the New User entry Following the previous example let us say that Timothy Howard is a new employee at the XYZ Company If he wanted to have timothy as his user name the Qube 2 help text would state that Name timothy is already in use as a mailing list or alias A Qube 2 Administrator can also set up aliases such as webmaster xyz com info xyz com sales xyz com comments xyz com or support xyz com that point to a specific user name Services on the Qube 2 Email relaying Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP service is different from Post Office Protocol POP telnet and file transfer protocol FTP services in that SMTP does not try to authenticate a user when an SMTP connection is made E
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167. ser s name The Email Settings table appears See Figure 21 4 Modify the one or all of the following fields e Forward email to Enter the email address to which you want to forward automatically your email messages To forward email to more than one address see Forwarding incoming email to several recipients on page 78 e Email aliases Enter additional names for which the user can receive email To add more than one alias enter one alias per line or separate them with spaces For more information on email aliases see Email aliases on page 36 e Vacation Autoresponder Email Reply If you want to automatically send a custom email message to everyone who sends you email check the box and enter the response message This feature is useful if you want to send an automatic response message to the sender or when you know that you will not be reading or responding to incoming email messages for a period of time Note A vacation reply email is sent only once per week to each sender 5 Click Save Changes The UI on the screen refreshes and the Users List table appears If you modified the email aliases the modifications show up in the table Administrator Site Figure 21 shows the Email Settings table for a user Figure 21 Email Settings table Administrator Site User Management Administrator Users 5 Email Settings Bill Lumbergh 2 Forward Email To Groups bill Lu
168. sole on the back of the Qube 2 see Figure 6 Before you proceed make sure you have the following information e the IP address assigned to the Qube 2 e the subnet mask of your network Note A gateway or router address is not required for a Qube 2 that is only connected to a local area network LAN If you connect to another network through the Qube 2 you require a gateway address If you use a modem to connect to the Internet the modem serves as the gateway Using the LCD console to configure the network Figure 6 shows the LCD console for the Qube 2 The LCD screen on the back of the Qube 2 displays two lines of text The top line of the LCD presents instructions on data to enter the bottom line displays the data already entered Use the arrow buttons below the LCD screen to enter the required network information manually Appendix A Using the LCD console on page 155 provides more information about the LCD console Figure 6 LCD console Va O Select o QSO _O o Q O imer Chapter 2 16 During startup the LCD screen on the back of the Qube 2 displays status information about the boot process itself When setting up the Qube 2 you use the LCD console to enter network configuration information for the Qube 2 Once the Qube 2 is running the LCD console is used to change network configuration information reboot the unit and power down the unit The arrow buttons fun
169. ss secure Service Status j Restictea Only Admin can install CGI scripts This is less flexible but more secure x Telnet Access Public Site oor No telnet access is available This is the most secure option oO Rotony Only the root user can telnet into the Cobalt server e T Rootand all The root user and all registered users can telnet into the Cobalt server This is the registered users least secure option but provides the most flexibility Save Changes Active Monitor 103 Chapter 4 104 User add and remove With this option you specify who can add or remove users from the Qube 2 e Open Any individual can register new users and all users can delete themselves e Restricted Only the Qube 2 Administrator can add or remove users Note Cobalt recommends the Restricted option Public site access With this option you specify who can access to the Qube 2 home page e Open Anyone in the world can access the Qube 2 home page e Restricted Only registered users can access the Qube 2 home page Install CGI scripts AN Caution Poorly written CGI scripts can cause performance problems on the server With this option you can set the access rights so that only the Qube 2 Administrator can add CGI script files or both users and the administrator can add CGI script files e Open Both users and the Qube 2 Administrator are allowed to install CGI scripts This option is more flexible but less secure
170. ss the button to accept the entry If the netmask is valid the following prompt appears ENTER GATEWAY 000 000 000 000 Chapter 2 18 5 Enter the IP address of the gateway for your network If your network does not have a gateway do not enter a number press the button to accept the default value of 000 000 000 000 Note A gateway or router address is not required for a Qube 2 that is only connected to a local area network LAN If you connect to another network through the Qube 2 you require a gateway address If you use a modem to connect to the Internet the modem serves as the gateway Press the button The LCD displays S AVE C ANCEL To save the configuration information use the left and right arrow buttons to select S ave and then press the button You ll see VERIFYING AND SAVING Note Selecting C ancel cancels the configuration and the LCD screen displays PRIMARY IP ADDR again You must go through the entry process again After verifying and saving the Qube 2 completes the boot process The LCD screen shows several messages in succession before displaying the IP address assigned to the Qube 2 Configuration is complete when the LCD screen displays the IP address assigned to the Qube 2 for example IP Address 192 168 25 77 Setting up the Qube 2 Phase 2 Setting up with the Web browser The remainder of the setup process is performed through a Web browser on any
171. ss with your system administrator Setting up the Qube 2 Configuring the Qube 2 manually IMPORTANT in this phase you configure only the Primary Network Interface To complete this phase you must know e the IP address assigned to the Qube 2 e the subnet mask of your network Note A gateway or router address is not required for a Qube 2 that is only connected to a local area network LAN If you connect to another network through the Qube 2 you require a gateway address If you use a modem to connect to the Internet the modem serves as the gateway If the Qube 2 is unable to find a DHCP server on the network the LCD display reads PRIMARY IP ADDR 000 000 000 000 A blinking cursor appears on the second line of the LCD display The following steps explain how to enter the required network information for the Primary Network Interface The Secondary Network Interface is configured through the Web browser as described in the next section An IP address consists of four numbers ranging from 0 to 255 separated by periods for example 192 168 25 77 Entering the IP address To enter the IP address for the Qube 2 1 Use the arrow buttons on the LCD console to enter the IP address assigned to the Qube 2 2 Press the button to accept the IP address If the IP address is valid the following prompt appears PRIMARY NETMASK 000 000 000 000 3 Enter the IP address of the netmask for your network 4 Pre
172. st Configuration Protocol DHCP The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP chart indicates whether DHCP is active and whether it is operating properly Telnet The telnet status chart displays the operational status of the telnet server either normal or otherwise 126 Administrator Site Public Site To move to the Public Site screen of the Qube 2 click Public Site on the left For more information see Chapter 5 Public Site Active Monitor The Qube 2 uses Active Monitor software Active Monitor is a Cobalt Networks utility that runs on a Qube 2 and updates key system information every 15 minutes Active Monitor checks e the status of the Qube 2 functioning warning of failure failed or inactive e the status of the services on the Qube 2 To access Active Monitor click Active Monitor on the Administrator Site screen To view the details for a system component or service click the colored circle next to the name of the component or service Figure 42 shows a sample of the Active Monitor screen Table 1 explains the colors of the circles in Active Monitor 127 Chapter 4 Figure 42 Active Monitor screen Ea Users Groups Mailing Lists Network Control Panel Maintenance System Status Service Status Public Site Active Monitor Table 1 Administrator Site Q cpu Q oe o9 9 o9 Memory Disk Web Server Email File Services Simple Network Management Protoc
173. stined 107 Chapter 4 e Subnet mask Whether a rule applies to a single IP address or a range of addresses is determined by the value in the subnet mask field For a single IP address choose the value 32 which is a 32 bit subnet mask For a range of IP addresses choose a smaller subnet mask The decimal value of the subnet mask for example 32 bit corresponds to an equivalent subnet mask as a Dotted Quad address as shown in the table below The table also displays examples of the IP address ranges that would be filtered by a rule with the corresponding subnet mask Decimal Dotted Quad Example IP Address Ranges Filtered 32 bit 255 255 255 255 Filters only 192 168 27 2 24 bit 255 255 255 0 Filters from 192 168 27 0 to 192 168 27 255 16 bit 255 255 0 0 Filters from 192 168 0 0 to 192 168 255 255 8 bit 255 0 0 0 Filters from 192 0 0 0 to 192 255 255 255 e Port The Port field determines the port or the range of ports that the Policy applies to A port is used for specifying where a logical connection can be made between the client and server software programs For example port 80 is the HTTP port and port 23 is the telnet port e Protocol The Protocol field specifies whether the rule filters communication using TCP UDP ICMP or all three protocols A protocol is a standardized form of communication between network devices 108 Administrator Site Modifying an IP filtering rule To modify an IP filter
174. stributed clocks within milliseconds over long time periods Some configurations include cryptographic authentication to prevent accidental or malicious protocol attacks see Network Time Protocol NTP 199 Appendix F Packet PCI The unit of data that is routed between an origin and a destination on the Internet or any other packet switched network The packet includes a header containing control information and usually user data Packets are most often used to refer to network layer units of data see Peripheral Component Interface PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI POP3 Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI is an interconnection system between a microprocessor and attached devices in which expansion slots are spaced closely for high speed operation PCI is designed to be synchronized with the clock speed of the microprocessor in the range of 20 MHz to 33 Mhz PCI transmits 32 bits at a time in a 124 pin connection the extra pins are for power supply and grounding and 64 bits in a 188 pin connection in an expanded implementation PCI uses all active paths to transmit both address and data signals sending the address on one clock cycle and data on the next Burst data can be sent starting with an address on the first cycle and a sequence of data transmissions on a certain number of successive cycles see Post Office Protocol POP3 Post Office Protocol 3 POP3 200 Post Office Protocol POP is a st
175. t The Service Settings table appears Click Parameters next to the DHCP Server option The DHCP Parameters page appears with three options Click Settings for DHCP Clients The Settings for DHCP Clients table appears e to assign dynamic network information go to Step 4 e to assign static network information go to Step 5 Click Add Dynamic Address Assignment The Add New Dynamic Address Assignment table appears Enter the lower end and upper end of a range of IP addresses for the DHCP server to assign dynamically For example if you enter 205 3 4 1 205 3 4 3 the DHCP server assigns 205 3 4 1 205 3 4 2 and 205 3 4 3 to the DHCP clients Click Confirm Address Assignment The UI returns to the DHCP Parameters page Click Add Static Address Assignment The Add New Static Address Assignment table appears IP Address In this field enter the IP address that the DHCP server will consistently assign to the network device with the specific hardware ethernet MAC address MAC address In this field enter the hardware ethernet MAC address of the network device to which the DHCP server will consistently assign the IP address Click Confirm Address Assignment The UI returns to the DHCP Parameters page Click Back in the DHCP Parameters page If DHCP has not been enabled click the check box next to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Server to enable this option Click Save Changes in the Service Settings tab
176. t screen Figure 11 Time Setup screen 4 of 7 lt Time Setup step 4of7 Enter the time and time zone for the Cobalt server appliance e ae am aem SIs Timezone GMT 8 00 Pacific Time US amp Canada San Francisco Ota D 26 Setting up the Qube 2 Access Rights The Access Rights screen appears see Figure 12 Two options are available e The open option allows any individual to self register as a user e The restricted option allows only the Qube 2 Administrator to add a user Note Cobalt recommends using the restricted option For more information on the settings for access rights see Access rights on page 103 Click the NEXT button to move to the next screen Figure 12 Access Rights screen 5 of 7 Access Rights step 5 of 7 Select the appropriate access rights for the Cobalt server appliance User Add and Remove Q Open Anyone can add users to the Cobalt server and remove his her account This is less P work for the administrator Restricted Only the admin can add and remove users This is more work for the administrator 27 Chapter 2 Users Setup The Users Setup screen appears see Figure 13 From this screen you can add users to the Qube 2 and allocate the user disk space limits The Qube 2 Administrator can modify how the Qube 2 selects the user name password and the default disk usage limits by clicking Set User Defaults For m
177. t the top A confirmation dialog appears asking if you want to delete the message Click OK If there are nested replies to this message they are NOT deleted they remain in the list Deleting a discussion thread To delete a thread of messages from the list 1 3 Click once to highlight the message at the top of the thread that you want to delete You can delete a revealed or hidden thread Click Delete Thread at the top A confirmation dialog appears asking if you want to delete the message and all replies to it Click OK The top message and all replies to it are deleted Exiting a discussion To exit a discussion close the browser window You do not need to sign out of the discussion 140 Public Site Search The search function allows a user to search rapidly for a string of text in all text and HTML files on the Qube 2 including the Web pages The search index is updated nightly The results are presented as a list that includes the file name and a one line description of the files that meet the criteria An index entry for each stored text file is created on the Qube 2 every day at 1 00 a m This index is a database of all of the key words used in a particular file their location within that file and their relation to other words used in that file For more information see Designating easy to find documents on page 153 Note Documents added to the Qube 2 are not indexed until 1 00 a m
178. te screen appears Page Builder window There are four sections to the Page Builder window See Figure 51 150 The left hand column is the Control Panel In this section you can perform file activities select existing blocks of your Web page to edit insert new blocks into your Web page or change the color of your Web page You can also access online instructions for using the Page Builder tool The top window to the right of the Control Panel is the Build window This window displays the Web page as it is being built Below the Build window is the Edit window You can view and edit the details of a particular block of your Web page in the Edit window Below the Edit window is the Help window which displays help messages when you click on the Active Assist question mark Q icons Public Site Once you are in the Page Builder tool you can access the online help window by clicking Instructions in the Control Panel column Figure 51 shows the Page Builder window for a user s default home page Figure 51 Page Builder window File Title set to John Smith s Home Page Welcome to John Smith s Home Page This is a template for an end user home page Use this template as a guide for creating your own home page Within this page you can include any type of information you need to communicate to others Topics can inchide information on current projects you are working on project schedules favorite interests and h
179. telnet and CGI scripts Domain Name System on page 173 gives an in depth explanation of the DNS service Licenses on page 187 lists licensing information Glossary on page 193 provides a glossary of terms used in the Qube 2 manual Chapter 1 Customer Service and Technical Support For Cobalt product information visit the support section of the Cobalt Web site at http www cobalt com support The site includes a Knowledge Base that customers can query a list of Frequently Asked Questions FAQs that provide additional information is also available through the Knowledge Base General Cobalt information In the U S A call 888 70 COBALT or 888 702 6225 or send email to info cobalt com Outside the U S A call 1 650 623 2500 or send email to info cobalt com In Europe the Middle East and Africa call 31 71 565 7000 or send email to info emea cobalt com In Japan send email to info japan cobalt com Cobalt Technical Support and Service Email contact You can contact Cobalt Networks Technical Support by email using the Online Email Support Form This form provides us all the information we need to service your request in a timely fashion Go to the URL http www cobalt com support and click on the Contact Support link Technical Support telephone numbers In the U S A call 800 266 4378 In Europe the Middle East and Africa call 31 71 565 7070 Netherlands Customers in Japan
180. the private home site you must upload to the directory groups home private Services on the Qube 2 Sharing files and transferring data You can access or connect to the Qube 2 through your desktop computer as you would any other shared network volume The Qube 2 can be mounted from any Windows or Macintosh computer it appears as a mounted volume on your desktop computer Note Windows file sharing is enabled by default on the Qube 2 Appleshare must be enabled by the user For more information see Windows file sharing SMB on page 97 and Apple file sharing AppleShare on page 98 Once you have mounted the Qube 2 you can copy and move individual files and entire subdirectories to and from the Qube 2 by dragging and dropping The method of connecting to the Qube 2 varies depending on your computer s operating system The Qube 2 offers several methods for transferring data Use the following guidelines to decide which method is appropriate e Windows file sharing Server Message Block SMB for Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows NT e Apple file sharing AppleShare for Macintosh e File Transfer Protocol FTP on all platforms Advanced users use FTP to transfer files Note The file sharing protocol is selected in the Setup Wizard or in the Control Panel screen of the Qube 2 Administrator Site See Control Panel on page 87 41 Chapter 3 42 Using Windows file sharing S
181. the third field enter the IP address of the primary DNS server for the specified network Click Update List Click Save Changes to DNS Server 177 Appendix D Advanced DNS Network Mask Notation Conversion Use Table 2 to convert between dot quad and bit count subnet mask and network size notations Table 2 Network Mask Notation Conversion Dot Quad Bit count 255 0 0 0 8 255 128 0 0 9 255 192 0 0 10 255 224 0 0 11 255 240 0 0 12 255 248 0 0 13 255 252 0 0 14 255 254 0 0 15 255 255 0 0 16 255 255 128 0 17 255 255 192 0 18 255 255 224 0 19 255 255 240 0 20 255 255 248 0 21 255 255 252 0 22 255 255 254 0 23 255 255 255 0 24 255 255 255 128 25 255 255 255 192 26 255 255 255 224 27 255 255 255 240 28 255 255 255 248 29 178 Domain Name System Quick Start Guide for Domain Name Service DNS This quick start guide assumes that you have already registered your domain with InterNIC or some other registration service If you have not refer to the FAQ section on Cobalt s Web site http www cobalt com support under the Knowledge Base link for information on registering your domain name For more information on registering a Web site visit the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN at http www icann org In the following examples we will configure a sample domain called mydomain com for Web service and e mail s
182. then enter the name of the mailing list in the Forward Email To field in your Email Settings table For more information see Forwarding incoming email to several recipients on page 78 Usage data The Usage Data section of the Personal Profile screen displays a Disk Usage table showing e the total disk space occupied by your files e the amount of available disk space e your total disk space allocation To access this table on the Personal Profile screen click Usage Data at the top The Disk Usage table appears Public Site Backup You can back up your files located in your home directory AN Caution A backup captures data only for example email messages stored on the server or Web files It does NOT back up the settings for Web sites or users Caution Once a file transfer begins do NOT interrupt or cancel the backup process If you do or if the file transfer fails for any other reason you must delete the partial backup file stored on your personal computer and try again If you try to use a partial file to restore data to the Qube 2 you risk corrupting the data already stored on the server To back up your files 1 On the Personal Profile screen click Backup at the top The File Backup window appears 2 Click Backup My Home Directory A prompt appears asking you to save a file containing all your backup data 147 Chapter 5 148 Restore You can restore to your home dir
183. they wanted to visit With DNS servers and DNS records customers and their software can easily remember how to get to your site Who manages your DNS records Your DNS records can reside on any Cobalt server that has the DNS service enabled You or your administrator can easily configure a Cobalt server to act as a DNS server To provide DNS service InterNIC requires a site to maintain both a primary and a secondary server Your Cobalt server can act as the primary server and a DNS server from your Internet service provider ISP can act as the secondary server How does DNS work The basic method that allows a domain name to direct customers to your Web site is shown in Figure 59 This diagram describes a request made by a Web browser as the customer attempts to log on to your Web site 185 Appendix D To determine which primary name server contains your domain name 1 The local name server the DNS resolver browser machine contacts the root domain name server maintained by the several Internet root server authorities 2 The root domain name server returns the IP address of the primary name server responsible for the requested domain name 3 The local name server contacts the primary name server 4 The primary name server holds the IP address information for the domain name in a database and satisfies the request from the local name server 5 Ifthe primary name server is unavailable the local name server contacts the s
184. ttons to find out what they do Setting up the Qube 2 Figure 15 shows the online registration page Figure 15 Online registration page lt Product Registration If you wish to register this product please complete the form below and click on the Register Through Email button to email the information to us Cobalt will maintain the privacy of this information and only use it to notify you about system updates new product information and product promotions Fields with an asterisk are required Either a fax number or an email address is required Registration First Name Last Name Title Company Name Steet Address Strest Address 2 City State Province Zip Postal Code Country Last Name Title Company Name Street Address Street Address 2 City State Province Zip Postal Code Country Phone Area Code Number Fax Area Code Number 1 Register Through Email BACK FINISH 31 Chapter 2 Figure 16 shows the Public Site screen on the Qube 2 Figure 16 Public site on the Qube 2 Public Site Home The Cobalt Qube provides users and groups with powerful communication and collaboration services View Users The buttons on yourleft give you access to all the functionality of your Cobalt Qube Server Appliance yio Groups As you move yourmouse overthe different menu buttons the Cobalt Qube s ondine help te
185. ube 2 has the following physical characteristics e Dimensions 7 25 in x 7 25 in x 7 75 in 18 4 cm x 18 4 cm x 19 7 cm e Weight 6 25 lbs 2 8 kg e Power requirements Input rating 100 240 V 50 60 Hz e Power consumption 25 watts e Operating environment 39 F to 108 F 5 C to 40 C 10 to 80 humidity non condensing e Non operating environment 14 F to 122 F 10 C to 50 C 5 to 93 humidity non condensing e Light emitting diodes LEDs Power Network Activity Link 162 Product Specifications Regulatory approvals CISPR 22B VCCI B UL C UL TUV CE Upgrading your Qube 2 Before you purchase a component to add to the Qube 2 ensure that the component fits into the allocated space The SIMM modules must be less than 0 4 inches 10 1 mm thick The PCI card must be less than 5 5 inches 139 mm long If you have 128 MB of memory installed the second memory slot slot 2 is empty in the Qube 2 If you add a memory module you can have mismatched sizes of memory modules for example you can install a 128 MB module and a 64 MB module if you have mismatched sizes of memory modules you must install the larger module in slot 1 If you want to add a memory module and a PCI expansion card to the Qube 2 at the same time add the memory module first 163 Appendix B 164 Opening the Qube 2 A Warning You MUST power down the Qube 2 before opening the unit 1 Power down the Qube 2
186. ube 2 to obtain its network parameters from a dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP server you do not need to obtain this information from the network administrator For more information see Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server on page 47 An Internet service provider if you plan to connect to the Internet Introduction Target audience for the Qube 2 The user manual is for anyone who will set up the Qube 2 network server appliance for a group of users You should be familiar with Microsoft Windows Macintosh or other operating systems and Netscape Navigator Microsoft Internet Explorer or other Web browsers For solutions that extend the functionality of the Qube 2 visit the Online Solutions Directory on Cobalt s Web site at http www cobalt com solutions Cobalt Developer Network Cobalt provides a wide range of resources such as technical notes and white papers for developers of Linux applications for Cobalt platforms Premium resources are also available To register with the Cobalt Developer Network at no cost visit the Web site at http developer cobalt com Organization of the user manual Chapter 3 describes the features of the Qube 2 Chapter 4 is based on the Administrator Site screen of the browser based user interface UI the Administrator Site screen has a brown border on the left side See Figure 3 Chapter 5 is based on the Public Site screen of the UI the Publ
187. um customarily used for software interchange or c Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer in accord with Subsection b above The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it For an executable work complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains plus any associated interface definition files plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable However as a special exception the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed in either source or binary form with the major components compiler kernel and so on of the operating system on which the executable runs unless that component itself accompanies the executable If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source code even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code 4 You may not copy modify sublicense or distribute the Program except as expressly provided under this License Any attempt otherwise to copy modify sublicense or
188. update delete rename move and copy files at a server You need to log on to an FTP server However publicly available files are easily accessed using anonymous FTP FTP see File Transfer Protocol FTP Gateway A network device that acts as an entrance to another network A gateway can also be any device that passes packets from one network to another network across the Internet HTML see HyperText Markup Language HTML 195 Appendix F HTTP see HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP HyperText Markup Language HTML A set of markup symbols or tags inserted in a text file intended for display on a World Wide Web browser The markup tags tell the Web browser how to display a Web page s content words and images HTML is a subset of Standardized Generalized Markup Language SGML HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP ICANN A set of rules for exchanging files text graphic images sound video and other multimedia files on the World Wide Web see Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN IEEE 802 3 IMAP IEEE local area network LAN protocol that specifies an implementation of the physical layer and the media access control MAC sublayer of the data link layer IEEE 802 3 uses CSMA CD access at a variety of speeds over a variety of physical media Extensions to the IEEE 802 3 standard specify implementations for Fast Ethernet Physical variations of the original IEEE 802 3 specific
189. ure of a new system called Domain Name System DNS was designed and is the basis of the DNS service used today on the Internet Domain Name System DNS is a distributed database that allows local administration of the segments on the overall database Data in each segment of the database are available across the entire network through a client server scheme consisting of name servers and resolvers What is a DNS record People are much more comfortable dealing with names rather than strings of numbers A domain name such as cobalt com is much easier to remember than the IP address which consists of four octets of numbers such as 207 91 131 30 Domain names must be registered with Root Domain Registration Service such as Network Solutions Inc www networksolutions com Computers on the other hand prefer numbers to names Since computers have the final say when a user is looking for a company Web site a mechanism is needed to convert the human friendly domain name to the computer friendly IP address DNS records on a DNS server perform this function The records translate a domain name to an IP address a record equates a domain name such as cobalt com to an IP address such as 207 91 131 30 Once the domain name has been converted or resolved to an IP address then and only then can the user connect to your Web site Without DNS and domain names the user would be required to remember the IP address of every site
190. uttons Press the button Enter the Gateway using the arrow buttons Press the button Use the arrow buttons to toggle the cursor between S ave or C ancel 10 Press the button n Mee p aa ON If you select the Save option the Qube 2 reboots using the new network configuration If you select Cancel you return to step 1 of this procedure You can also change the network configuration of the Qube 2 through the Web browser 1 On the Administration Site screen click Network on the left Edit the network settings in the tables 2 Click Save Changes If you change the network IP address of the Qube 2 through the Web browser the Qube 2 reboots automatically when you click Save Changes Using the LCD console Rebooting To reboot the Qube 2 through the LCD console 1 On the LCD console hold down the button for approximately 2 seconds The LCD screen displays SELECT SETUP NETWORK Press the button until REBOOT appears in the LCD screen SELECT REBOOT Press the Enter button Use the arrow buttons to toggle the cursor between Y and N Select Y to reboot the system Press the button You can also reboot the Qube 2 through the Web browser 1 On the Administration Site screen click Maintenance on the left The tables for the scheduled backup appears Click Reboot at the top A warning box appears stating that rebooting the Cobalt server will make it unavailable to the netwo
191. ve been installed on the Qube 2 including the version of the Cobalt OS and any the third party software See Figure 39 Installing third party software For solutions that extend the functionality of the Qube 2 visit the Online Solutions Directory on Cobalt s Web site at http www cobalt com solutions To install third party software you need to create a pkg file On the Cobalt Networks Web site you can find a document that explains how to create a pkg file 1 Through your Web browser go to http www cobalt com support The Cobalt Networks Support page appears 2 Click Resources in the green bar at the top The Cobalt Support Resource page appears 3 Click How To s in the table 4 Under the heading Other Documents click How to create a PKG file An HTML file explaining how to create a pkg file appears in the window Reboot Rebooting the Qube 2 sometimes cures problems with certain services The Active Monitor software recommends when a reboot is necessary To reboot the Qube 2 through your browser 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Maintenance on the left 2 Click Reboot at the top The Reboot Cobalt Server table appears with a warning that rebooting the server will make it unavailable to the network while rebooting 3 Click Reboot You can also reboot the Qube 2 through its LCD console refer to Rebooting on page 157 in Appendix A Rebooting can take as long as a few minutes
192. very email server on the Internet has to be able to deliver email to you so the email servers must be able to connect freely to send the email The Qube 2 accepts email if the recipient has a user account or an alias email account or if the sending host your client computer is trusted to relay outgoing emails to another domain These trusts are defined by host or domain names as well as by IP addresses and networks A network is a range of IP addresses a network can be as small as one IP address but that is not very practical Caution Some users advise you to open relay to all com edu net and other top level domain addresses This is BAD ADVICE Doing so allows hosts belonging to com edu net and others to relay email through your Cobalt server These open relays can lead to unsolicited commercial email spam mail being forwarded through your server Spam mail can appear as though it originated from your server and as a result others may blacklist your server as a known spam site If your server is blacklisted many mail servers will not relay your email and your customers will not receive a large amount of their email messages 37 Chapter 3 If you have users who access your server through the Internet ask your Internet Service Provider ISP which networks are used by their remote access dial up equipment For example if the ISP says the network 192 168 10 5 through 192 168 10 24 then enter 192 168
193. we sometimes make exceptions for this Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally NO WARRANTY 11 BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING REPAIR OR CORRECTION 12 INNO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY GENERAL SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES 191 Appendix E 19
194. when Windows users log into the network they are authenticated using their Qube 2 account WINS Server If your Windows network spans more than one TCP IP subnet you must use a WINS server for NetBIOS name resolution To use your Qube 2 as a WINS server click the radio button Be a WINS Server If you do have a WINS server on your network be sure to specify the IP address of the WINS server in the Other machine field If you do not have a WINS server on your network choose Other machine field and leave the field blank For detailed information on setting up Windows file sharing see Using Windows file sharing SMB on page 42 Apple file sharing AppleShare AppleShare is the Macintosh file sharing protocol This option allows you to share files between the Qube 2 and Macintosh computers on your network In the Qube 2 Appleshare works over IP networks which makes Macintosh to Qube 2 file sharing faster even on your internal network To enable Apple file sharing 1 On the Administrator Site screen click Control Panel on the left The Service Settings table appears Click the check box next to Apple file sharing AppleShare to enable this option Click Save Changes in the Service Settings table The UI screen refreshes Administrator Site Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP agent You can specify the SNMP communities that can have read only and read and write access to this SNMP a
195. with any other settings that have changed for example new IP address es for the DNS server A short lease time is useful in a network that has a limited number of IP addresses at its disposal How does DHCP work DHCP requires a client and a server The following steps briefly describe how a DHCP server provides a client with its proper TCP IP configuration Hello any IP addreses DHCP DISCO h Yes here I am and f OFFER your configuration ESE DHCP iE OK T i take it DHCPRE Server mae ROK it s yours 1 When booted a DHCP client broadcasts a request known as a DHCP Discover looking for a DHCP server to provide TCP IP settings DHCP clients are found in most TCP IP software suites for PC Macintosh and UNIX workstations Discover by Client Broadcast Services on the Qube 2 The Qube 2 as a DHCP server receives the DHCP Discover request from a client and sends a reply known as a DHCP Offer to the DHCP client a Offer by Servers E Point to Point Responses The DHCP client looks at the DHCP Offer it has received from the Qube 2 and sends back an acknowledgment ACK message to the Qube 2 EJH 3 Request by Client Selects Server 2 The Qube 2 responds to the client reserves the IP address acknowledges the client s acceptance of the offer and delivers the configuration information Acknowledgement by Selected Server E Server 2 Res

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