Network Computing Devices NCDware User manual

HMX, Explora, NCDnet, and NCDware are trademarks of Network Computing Devices, Inc.

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Part number 9300572 Rev. B

Installing NCDware

This booklet tells you how to install NCDware from CD-ROM onto

UNIX and WinCenter systems using NCD installation programs. Use

this booklet in conjunction with the NCDware Release Notes.

To Install: On: See:

NCDware UNIX hosts page 3 in this CD insert and

NCDware Release Notes

NCDware WinCenter

servers page 15 in this CD insert and

NCDware Release Notes

WinCenter

Products WinCenter

servers WinCenter product

documentation and WinCenter

Release Notes

Licensed Features

Before installing NCDware, make sure that you have the licenses

required for the optional features in this version of NCDware. The

following features require licenses: Java, NCD Mosaic Browser,

Wireless network computer support, OpenGL, the CompCore video

fast MPEG decoder, Starlight Networks’ StarWorks support,

NCDnet, 3270 Terminal Emulator, Display PostScript (DPS), X

Imaging Extension (XIE), the local Motif Window Manager,

XRemote, and PEX (3D graphics). If you do not already have a

license, contact Sales Support at (650) 694-0650.

NCDware Contents

NCDwareprovidesXserversandsupportfilesfortheHMX,Explora,

Explora Pro, Explora 400/450 series, and Explora 700 network

computers, also called NCD terminals. In this release, binaries of

host-based software are provided for the following UNIX host

platforms:

❏SPARC—SunOS versions 4.1.3 to 4.1.4

❏SPARC—Solaris 2.5

❏x86—Solaris version 2.4

❏HP Precision Architecture—HP-UX version 10.01

❏IBM RS/6000—AIX version 4.1

❏SGI—IRIX version 5.3

This release supports NCDware on a WinCenter server running

WinFrame 1.6 or later.

NCDware is provided on CD-ROM and PCMCIA cards.

Installing NCDware on UNIX Systems

The procedure in this section describes how to install NCDware on

the host and configure terminals to be used on the network.

For information on modifying or removing terminals from the

network, see the System Administrator’s Guide for UNIX Systems.

ncdinstall installs NCDware and configures terminals on most UNIX

systems.

Note If you are not sure if you can use ncdinstall on your UNIX

host, follow the installation instructions from Step 1

beginning on page 6 through Step 6 on page 8. After you

complete Step 7, a message displays if ncdinstall cannot run

on your system. For information about manual installation,

call NCD Technical Support.

ncdinstall performs the following:

❏Examines the host system to ensure sufﬁcient disk space. For

information on space requirements, see the Release Notes or the

ﬁle SIZES on the CD-ROM.

❏Examines the host system to ensure that required

communication and login software is running. If requested, the

installation program enables the software.

❏Installs X servers; server modules containing local clients,

extensions, libraries, and protocols; host system executables

and fonts; color database; X keysym database; and

conﬁguration ﬁles (listed in the Release Notes).

❏Starts the license management software and adds startup

commands to the host startup ﬁles.

❏Conﬁgures terminals on the network, updating network and

host databases to include required addressing information. On

UNIX systems, ncdinstall saves the original network and host

database ﬁles with the extension _O.

Preparing to Conﬁgure Terminals Using

ncdinstall

Before you install NCDware and configure your terminals, you

need:

❏A host system with access to a CD-ROM drive.

❏Super-user access privileges.

❏Approximately 10 minutes to install NCDware.

❏Terminals set up and attached to the network (see terminal

installation booklets for instructions).

❏An empty directory. During installation certain ﬁles are

installed in this directory.

❏Information about the terminals you will be adding to the

network. Set up a table that lists the following information for

each terminal before you start the installation program.

Terminal model The terminal model name, such as HMX,

Explora,Explora Pro, Explora 400/450

series, or Explora 700.

Ethernet address A physical identiﬁer placed in NVRAM in

the factory and printed on a sticker on the

bottom of the terminal base or the outside

of the carton containing the base. It is a

12-character string beginning with 0000A7.

Example: 0000A7123608

Name

(node or

hostname)

The terminal’s node or hostname; a unique

node name consisting of alphanumeric

characters that you assign to the terminal to

correspond with its IP or node address.

Example: crocushmx

Internet address

(IP address) A 4-part, 32-bit address assigned by the

system administrator identifying the

network and terminal.

Example: 139.43.193.93

Subnet mask A 4-part, 32-bit mask used to distinguish

the subnet from the rest of the IP address.

Example: 255.255.255.0

Using

ncdinstall

The instructions that follow include samples of common UNIX

management utilities used while installing NCDware. The syntax on

your host may vary; check your host documentation for specifics.

Prepare to Run

ncdinstall

1. Log into the host as super-user.

2. Place the CD-ROM in the drive.

3. If you do not already have one, make a directory as a mount

point for your CD-ROM:

#mkdir /cdrom <CR>

4. The following instructions for mounting the CD-ROM vary

depending on the host and the CD-ROM drive conﬁguration.

Substitute your device name for /dev/

cdrom

Gateway The IP address of the gateway device. You

need to supply a gateway address only if

the terminal is on a different subnet from

the host computer.

Licensed

features/node

licenses

If you are using node-locked licenses for

any licensed features, you need to know the

12- or 16-character license string for each

licensed feature. If you do not have a

license, contact Sales Support.

❏On SunOS, mount the CD-ROM:

#mount -r -t hsfs /dev/

cdrom

/cdrom <CR>

❏On Solaris hosts not running the Volume Management

daemon, mount the CD-ROM:

#/etc/mount -F hsfs -r /dev/

cdrom

/cdrom <CR>

Note On Solaris systems running the Volume Management

daemon, you do not need to run the mount command. The

CD-ROM is automatically mounted onto /cdrom/cdrom0

instead of /cdrom. When you run the ncdinstall command

(Step 6 of this procedure), use /cdrom/cdrom0 instead of

/cdrom.

❏On HP-UX mount the CD-ROM:

#mount -t cdfs -r /dev/

cdrom

/cdrom <CR>

❏On AIX, use SMIT to mount the CD-ROM on /cdrom.

❏On SGI hosts not running the Media Monitor daemon,

mount the CD-ROM:

#mount -rt iso9660 /dev/

cdrom

/cdrom <CR>

Note On SGI hosts running the Media Monitor daemon, you do

not need to run the mount command. The CD-ROM is

automatically mounted on /cdrom.

Start

ncdinstall

5. Make an empty install directory and change to it. For example:

#mkdir /home/ncd/rel_ver <CR>

#cd /home/ncd/rel_ver <CR>

where rel_ver is the release version, such as 5.0.124.

6. Start ncdinstall.

❏On SunOS,Solaris, or SGI, type:

#/cdrom/ncdinstall <CR>

❏On HP-UX or AIX:

a. Look at the CD-ROM listing to determine how the case

and spelling of ncdinstall appears; in some cases it is

spelled differently (such as NCDINSTA.\1;).

b. Type:

#/cdrom/cd-rom_name -map <CR>

where cd-rom_name is the listing for ncdinstall found on the

CD-ROM.

Throughout ncdinstall, you can use the following commands:

qQuit from ncdinstall

mGo to Main Menu

tGo to the top of the current submenu

hDisplay Help

!Enter a subshell; type exit to return to ncdinstall

Every time you run the program, ncdinstall adds information

about the session, such as the status of system services, to a

chronological record in the ﬁle /home/ncd/rel_ver/.installlog, where

rel_ver is the release version, such as 5.0.124.

Note If you run ncdinstall with the -s option, it performs a

staging installation, which is useful if you have a CD-ROM

drive on one workstation, but want to install NCDware on

another workstation. The staging installation places the

entire contents of the CD-ROM in the current directory, but

does not change system ﬁles or install software in system

directories. Then you can install NCDware from the staging

directory by mounting that directory on another host and

running ncdinstall from the mounted staging directory to

install NCDware into an empty directory.

Install NCDware

7. From the Main Menu, select 1 Install NCDware.

8. From the Install NCDware menu, select 1 CD-ROM. If you are

installing from a staging directory and want to install on another

workstation, select 2 Disk.

9. Conﬁrm the location of the NCDware distribution (such as

/cdrom). Press the Return key (<CR>) at the prompt to accept the

default.

You can press the Return key at most ncdinstall prompts to select

the default, which appears in brackets following the prompt (for

example, [/cdrom]).

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