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NetBOS Web Server

Installation and Configuration


Contents
INTRODUCTION 4
HARDWARE 5
SERVER 5
REMOTE INSIGHT BOARD LIGHTS OUT EDITION (RIB) 5
RAID CARD 5
INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 6
STAGE 1 û NT AND CABINET CONFIGURATION 7
POST CONFIGURATION 12
Network Card 12
Graphics Card 12
Log Files 12
Network Throughput 13
Desktop Configuration Error! Bookmark not defined.
Additional configuration 13
Time Synchronization Software 13
Host File 13
OPERATION 13
CHECKED 13
Service Bouncer 13
Latest Software Patches 14
Cabinet Cabling Error! Bookmark not defined.
OPERATION ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
CHECKED ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
Installing Lights Out Board 14
STAGE 2 û SITE SERVER CONFIGURATION 15
DESCRIPTION 15
REQUIRED SOFTWARE û SITE SERVER 3 INSTALLATION 16
POST SITE SERVER 3 CONFIGURATION 16
MSGBLSVC service Error! Bookmark not defined.
SOFTWARE 18
SITE SERVER INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION 18
Pre-Installation 18
Site Server 3.0 Installation Steps 19
INSTALLING NETBOS 21
Required software 21
Installation of BOS components 21
NETBOSMONITOR INSTALLATION 24
APPENDIX 25
1. SOFTWARE REQUIRED 25
2. MICROSOFT SITE SERVER CONFIGURATION GUIDE 25
3. NETBOSMONITOR AND SERVICE BOUNCER INTERACTION AND STRUCTURE 31
NETBOSMONITOR SETUP AND CONFIGURATION 32
INSTALLATION 32
CONFIGURATION FILE 32
3.1 NetBOSmonitor.Ini 39
4. MICROSOFT ôQö ARTICLES 64
Q184760 64
Q228999 65
Q234519 66
Q216991 67
Q193375 69
BIBLIOGRAPHY 72


Introduction

This document is designed to give a step-by-step guide to installing and configuring a Web Farm server. Several sections of the document can be removed and used as a check sheet during the installation process.

This procedure assumes that the person performing the installation has some knowledge of Compaq Smartstart and Microsoft Window NT Server Enterprise edition.

Also included in this documentation is some background material on NetBOS administration.


Hardware
Server
Build the Compaq Proliant servers (Standard Butterworths Tolley server kit) according to specification and rack into suitable position.

Remote Insight Board Lights Out Edition (RIB)
The Compaq Remote Insight û Lights Out Edition is a hardware board that allows the remote management of the server. The pack comes with all the necessary hardware and software.

Before beginning installation, consult the documentation that came with the RIB. This has information outlining which servers support the RIB, and which slot should be used for the card.

RAID Card
Install the RAID card into the server. Do not use the first slot, as this is required for the RIB board. Ensure that the internal SCSI controller is disabled. Consult the server and RAID card documentation on how to do this.





Installation and Configuration

Place the Smart Start and Support Software CD in the CD-ROM drive and power on the server.

If the systems utilities screen appears then the system may have already been configured or part configured. If you are sure that you wish to build the server then run the system erase utility. This will erase any data on the attached disks and arrays. The server will need to be restarted after erasing the data.

The following is the installation procedure for Compaq Smartstart and Windows NT4 Server û Enterprise edition.

The syntax used is:

- Normal text - instruction as seen on the screen
- Italicized bold text indicates a key press or a mouse action

The configuration sheets must be signed and then stored in the correct folder.

Analyst
Date
Server Name
Server IP address

Stage 1 û NT and Cabinet configuration

Note : This procedure is for Compaq Smartstart 4.90x only.

Description Checked
1 Select language English
2 Select locale û country: UK, keyboard: British, date & time as appropriate, ensure ôadjust for daylight savingsö is selected. Next
3 Confirm selections. Continue
4 Select ôI agreeö to licensing. OK
5 Select ôAssisted Integrationö. Begin
6 Insert ôServer Profile Diskö into A: as instructed. Next
7 Select Operating System û Microsoft NT server Enterprise Edition v4.0 û Select English. Next
8 On the warning about using Select, Continue
9 Any hardware is automatically configured. Enter to continue SmartStart. Caution: if the server has more than one SCSI card, set the controller order to boot from the additional SCSI card.
10 Reboot OK
11 Reboot into Compaq SmartStart drive array configuration utility. Leave the CD and floppy disk in the drives during the reboot.
12 Check continue. Next
13 Select controller configuration Next
14 Configure as required. This depends on the server role
15 Reboot
16 The system partition will be prepared
17 In the Additional Software Selection, select Install Software from CD Only. Next
18 Accept defaults of Additional Compaq Software. Next
19 Confirm selection. Next
20 Insert Management CD as prompted. OK
21 Insert Compaq SmartStart CD as prompted. OK
22 Do not select Create Replication Profile. Next
23 Automatic server recovery configuration. Next
24 Select
- Software Error Recovery
- Server Failure Response û Boot Operating System
- Thermal shutdown
- If a UPS is present, set UPS shutdown threshold to 2mins
Next
25 Pagers - no. Next
26 Integrated remote console. Depends on the server being configured. Next
27 Confirm selections. Continue
28 Windows NT server setup starts
29 Windows NT boot partition. Set it to the maximum - 4096Mb. Next
30 Licensing mode û per seat
31 Select server û Stand-alone server. Continue
32 Compaq Management Agents configuration. Next
33 Enable SNMP sets. Enable remote reboot via SNMP.
34 Confirm selection. Continue
35 Software installation. Continue
36 Do not create support software. Continue
37 Continue to confirm reboot
38 Reboot. The system formats a 4Gb OS partition
39 Insert Compaq Management CD as prompted. OK
40- Insert Compaq SmartStart CD as prompted. OK
41 Insert Microsoft NT Server Enterprise CD 1 as prompted. OK
42 End of Compaq system installation, Installation of Windows NT starts.
43 Files are copied to a temporary location
44 Remove CD and profile diskette from server.
45 OK to reboot
46 Files are Copied to hard drive. The server reboots twice.
48 Select ôI Agreeö to licensing agreement
49 Windows NT Server Setup begins. Next
50 Name û Systems, Organisation û Butterworths. Next
51 Enter Server name. Next
52 Administrator account password. Check with Internet Operations for current user name and password. Next
53 Start Windows networking installation Next
54 Check Wired To Network. Next
55 Deselect IIS. Next
56 Search for Network card or manually select from drivers disk. If there is more than one card listed, select the Compaq Ethernet NIC.Next
57 Deselect all protocols except TCP/IP. Next
58 Confirm settings. Next
59 Do you want to use DHCP? No
60 SNMP properties dialogue box
61 Traps: Community Name public. This is case sensitive .OK
62 TCPIP properties page
63 Specify IP address û 213.38.165.175. This IP address is for the build process only. It does not have access to the Internet. Default gateway 213.38.165.254.
DNS. Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0. Domain is butterworths.co.uk (all lower case). DNS server search order is 213.38.165.58 as primary, 171.177.160.2 as secondary.
WINS addressing is not used. OK
64 Confirm bindings. Next
65 Start network. Next
66 Add computer account to ôParliamentö domain. This can be done later if necessary. Next
67 Confirm date & time and time zone are correct. OK
68 Confirm monitor settings. Automatically set to 600 x 800 16 colours. This will be modified later
69 Do you want to read log file? No
70 The server will now Reboot
71 Final NT Configuration
72 Logon to server. Using local server name if not in the domain Parliament.
73 Install SP3 from Select CD as prompted. Do not create an uninstall directory
74 Start Disk Administrator; write signature to drive. OK
75 Create and format all additional drives. Do not use Quick Format. Set the CD drive to E: and the additional drive to D:
76 Control Panel, Services. Set License Logging Service startup to Disabled. Content Index set startup to disabled. Set SMTP to disabled.

78 Control Panel, System. Startup/Shutdown, change show list for to 10 seconds. Performance, Virtual Memory, change to amount of memory plus 20, maximum to some more! Set and OK
79 Admin tools, Event Viewer. Log settings, resize all logs to 2048Kb, and overwrite events as needed. OK
80 Control Panel, Compaq Management Agents. Remove any that are not needed. E.g. SCSI information if no SCSI devices attached. SNMP, enable the application exception trap. No to restart the agents now.
81 Restart Server
82 Set the keyboard to British and the locale to UK. Put description on Toolbar.
83 Copy the file CPQNTAC.SYS to the Winnt\system32\drivers directory. Rename the existing file to CPQNTAC.OLD
84 Set the NIC speed to 100 and duplex to full
85 Insert the Compaq Smartstart CD. Select install Compaq utilities.
86 Select the appropriate graphics card. Normally the Rage Pro
87 Reboot the server.
88 Set the graphic card properties to 1024 x 726, True Colour. Test. Apply. OK
89 Create a directory on the D: drive named logfiles
90 Create a sub-directory under logfiles on the D: drive named NetBOS
91 Create a sub-directory under logfiles on the D: drive named W3SVC
92 Settings, Control Panel, Network, Services, Server, Maximise for Network applications
93 Copy the Utilities directory from the Utils disk to the D:\ drive
94 Copy Restart.Bat from the Utils directory to the desktop
95 Rename the Utilities directory to Utils
96 Install the time Synchronisation software, Tardis.
After installation configure the software as follows:
- Remove all the time sources
- Add a time source for Chatham. IP address 213.38.165.30
- Start the service
- Go to information to check that time synchronization is working.

97 Copy the current copy of the Hosts file to \winnt\system32\drivers\etc. This may need to be written for the servers that are being installed.
98 Copy servicebouncer.exe and servicebouncer.ini from the NetBOSmonitor floppy disk to the \Winnt\System32 directory
99 Register servicebouncer û servicebounce /register
100 Open Control Panel, Services and set Servicebouncer to start automatically. Start servicebouncer.
101 Disable Compaq Web Agent. Services
102 Label the network cables used for the server with the name of the server as follows:
o NIC to server cabinet patch panel û both ends of the cable
Communications cabinet patch panel to communications equipment û both ends of the cable
104 Label the power cables used for the server with the name of the server û both ends of the cable
105 Label the Keyboard, Video ,Mouse cable
106 Set Folder Options
- Display full path in title box
- Display compressed files and folders in alternate colour
- Show file attributes in detail view
- Show all files
107 Disable Compaq Insight Web agent in services
108 Install Visual C Runtime
109 Install Microsoft XML
110 Add the new servers to the backup sheets on Orbit/Internet Ops/backup sheets
111 Add the new server to the Total Search asp page on Disraeli
112 Change the IP address of the server to 213.38.165.x and reboot

Required software û Windows NT4 installation

Compaq Smartstart and Support Software CD
Compaq Smartstart Management CD
Compaq Smartstart Server Profile diskette
Windows NT 4 Server Enterprise Edition CD
Compaq Fast Ethernet/Gigabit NIC CD
ServiceBouncer floppy disk
Microsoft XML
Utilities CD

Post Configuration
Network Card

If the NIC was not configured during the installation procedure, it can be configured now using the IP parameters shown above.

Operation Checked
Rename the existing file to CPQNTAC.BAK. Copy the file CPQNTAC.SYS to the Winnt\system32\drivers directory.

This file can be found on the Utilities CD or on the Compaq web site The Network Card will be configured after the full installation of Site Server.

The release version for this patch is 1.00.01.0017

For further information see the Q article Q246683 .

Operation Checked
Set the NIC speed to 100 and duplex to full



Graphics Card

Operation Checked
Insert the Compaq Smartstart CD. Select install Compaq utilities.
Select the appropriate graphics card. Normally the Rage Pro
Reboot the server.
Set the graphic card properties to 1024 x 726, True Colour. Test. Apply. OK

Log Files

Operation Checked
Create a directory on the D: drive named logfiles
Create a sub-directory under logfiles on the D: drive named NetBOS
Create a sub-directory under logfiles on the D: drive named W3SVC


These will be used with NetBOS and Internet Information Server for recording activity on the server

Network Throughput

Operation Checked
Settings, Control Panel, Network, Services, Server, Maximise for Network applications

Additional configuration

Operation Checked
Copy the Utilities directory from the Utils disk to D:\
Rename the Utilities directory to Utils

Time Synchronization Software

Operation Checked
Install the Tardis time service.

This software can be found on the Utilities CD. Run the Tardis2000NT.Exe. After installation configure the software as follows:
- Remove all the time sources
- Add a time source for Chatham. IP address 213.38.165.30
- Start the service
- Go to information to check that time synchronization is working.
Host File

Operation Checked
Copy the current copy of the Hosts file to \winnt\system32\drivers\etc

Service Bouncer

Operation Checked
Copy servicebouncer.exe and servicebouncer.ini from another server
Register servicebouncer û servicebounce /register
Open Control Panel, Services and set Servicebouncer to start automatically. Start servicebouncer.

Latest Software Patches

Check the Microsoft, Compaq Web sites and Jon France for the latest updates to any of the components installed. In particular any security patches for IIS. The current patches are located on the utilities CD.


Security Addendum

When finished building the site server box open the MMC and open the internet information server control for the machine that you are on.




Expand out the virtual directories as shown above and select the SiteServer directory and go to its properties as shown below.



Click on the Directory Security Tab



Select the Edit button from the IP address and domain name restrictions.




Select Denied Access radio button .

Repeat for the Sites virtual directory.


Installing Lights Out Board
There are two ways to configure the RIB Card. The first is at boot up time, when the F8 prompt appears on the screen. The second is from the Control Panel, RIB configuration.

1. When installed you will have to configure the card, to do this press F8 when you are prompted at boot time to go into the RIB management screen.
2. Select the network drop down list. Ensure that DHCP / DNS settings are disabled.
3. Manually type in an IP address, at the time of writing the IP addresses start at 172.26.9.X, default gateway is 172.26.5.3 and the subnet mask is 255.255.0.0
4. Save these changes and exit the setup
5. Wait until the operation system has booted and then place the Compaq SmartStart disk in the cdrom drive (This comes with the board) and when the diskette builder starts close it.
6. Browse to the location of the SSD and run the setup (This program will allow you to update patches and drivers to the current version) and select the express button on the left hand navigation bar.
7. When selected the program will display a list of things that it is going to update. Make sure the RIB board is included but NOT the Wan driver for the RIB board. Click OK
8. After the update has occurred the system will need to be re-started.

The software (SP13099) required to configure the RIB from the Control Panel can be found on the Compaq web site.


Stage 2 û Site Server Configuration

Analyst
Date
Server Name
Server IP address

Note. Install all software to the D: drive.

Description Checked
1 Install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.02 (Full install). This will install the Active Desktop components. Do not substitute Windows Internet Explorer 5.0.
2 Install the Microsoft Windows NT4 Option Pack to the D: drive. If prompted, perform an "Upgrade Plus" installation.

Install Index Server, Windows Scripting Host, and under the IIS options, install the SMTP server. These options are not installed by default. You must perform a custom installation to enable these options.
Do not install the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions. The FrontPage Server Extensions are installed later in the process.
Configure MTS for local (not remote) administration.

If you get the error message ôUnable to detect OS typeö, reinstall NT 4 Service Pack 3.
3 Install the updated Front page 98 Server Extensions version 3.0.2.1706.
4 Change the SQL Server client default Network Library to TCP/IP.

To configure the SQL Server client, run the SQL Server Client Network Utility WINDBVER. On the Net Library tab, select "TCP/IP Sockets" as the Default Network, click Apply, and then click Done. IIS should now use TCP/IP sockets when it connects to the SQL Server computer. Do not perform this step if SQL Server (6.5 or 7.0) is installed on the same computer.
5 Install Site Server 3.0 to the D: drive. Run Setup.Exe from the X86 directory on the Site Server 3 CD. Use the Custom install option. Under analysis configure Site Server 3 to use SQL as the database and not Access. Do not overwrite any files.
6 Install Microsoft Windows NT4 Service Pack 4, 128 bit encryption version.
o Copy files to a backup directory

o Rename the backup directory.

After you restart the computer, you will be prompted to install the Y2K updates. Do not install the Y2K updates at this time. Internet Explorer 4.0 SP2 and MDAC 2.1 SP2 install the Y2K updates.
7 Install Microsoft Data Access Control
(This is also known as MDAC 2.1 Service Pack 2). Reboot
8 Install Active Directory Services Interchange (ASDI) 2.5. Reboot
9 Install Microsoft Management console 1.1. Reboot.
10 Install Site Server Service Pack 4. (Authorised David Williams 20/5/01)
11 Install Windows NT4 Service Pack 6A. 128 bit encryption.
o Copy files to a backup directory
o Rename the backup directory.
12 Team the network card using the Compaq Network Utilities. Use adaptive load balancing. Do not team the network card when the server is part of a hardware load balanced system.
13 Copy the following icons to the IE Toolbar:-
o Services
o MMC
o MSDOS
o Windows Explorer
Delete the following icons:
o View channels
o Outlook express

14 Stop and set to manual the following services:
o Content Index
o Microsoft SMTP
o Site Server Messenger Service
15 Install VC6 runtime. The files are on the Utility CD
16

Required Software û Site Server 3 installation

Windows NT4.0 Option Pack CD
Internet Explorer 4.0 SP2 CD
Utilities CD
Site Server 3 CD

Post Site Server 3 Configuration
Site Server Message Builder Console
Operation Checked
Set the Site Server Message Builder service to manual
Stop the service

Software
Site Server Installation and Configuration

Below are the recommended Microsoft instructions on how to install site server with all the current service packs. It has been modified to reflect the requirements of the Butterworths Tolley Web Farm. A full transcript of the document can be found in the appendix.

The full text of the Microsoft ôQö articles can be found in appendix 4.

Pre-Installation
ò Do not install Site Server 3.0 on a computer functioning as a Backup Domain Controller (BDC). Q184760.
ò Do not install Microsoft Exchange Server on a computer with Site Server installed. Because both server products are resource intensive, performance decreases greatly when these products are installed on the same computer. In addition, Site Server 3.0 and Exchange Server compete for the same TCP ports (389 and 25). Note that this does not apply to a BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5 installation of these products. Q230735, Q229758.
ò Do not install Site Server 3.0 on a computer running Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS). You can, however, install Site Server onto Windows NT Load Balancing Service (WLBS). Q228999.
ò Do not install SQL Server onto WLBS. You can, however, install SQL Server on a computer running Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS).
ò Do not install Site Server 3.0 on a computer running Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server.
ò Do not change any default settings in Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) before you install Site Server (on a new installation). In particular, do not disable NTLM support, change IP binding from "all unassigned," or change port "80" on the Default Web Site. Q234519.
ò Ensure that the root of the installation drive for Site Server 3.0 has NTFS permissions of at least Everyone - Read. If you need to change this setting for security purposes, you can change it when Site Server 3.0 is successfully installed, but do not replace permissions on subdirectories.
ò When you install Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, some ISAPI filters are installed and the Default Web Site is modified. For this reason, Microsoft recommends that you do not install Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 on a computer with Site Server 3.0. Q216991.
ò Microsoft recommends that you do not install Commerce Server on a computer with Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) that requires Internet Explorer 5.0.
ò Do not use computer-cloning software to create a Site Server 3.0 computer. Some of the Site Server 3.0 components install computer-specific information that cannot be cloned.
ò Do not install Site Server onto Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server. For more information, see Q190157.
ò If you determine that you need to run the Mcis2upd.sql script, then use the Mcis2upd.sql script located in the <Site Server Install Dir>\SP3\Scripts directory. Do not download and run Mcis2upd.sql from the Microsoft FTP site.

Site Server 3.0 Installation Steps
ò Microsoft recommends that you install Windows NT Server 4.0 as a stand-alone or member server, rather than as a domain controller. For more information, see the Site Server 3.0 Getting Started booklet.
ò Do not use a computer name that is more than 12 characters long.
ò Install Windows NT onto an NTFS partition.
ò By default, the Windows NT Setup program is configured to install IIS 2.0. You do not need to install IIS 2.0, but it does not cause any harm if you do install IIS 2.0.

ò Install Microsoft Service Pack 3. This is normally done during the installation of Microsoft Windows NT4 Server Enterprise edition as detailed above.

ò Do not substitute Windows NT4 Service Pack 4 or later at this stage

ò Install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 from the NT4 Option Pack CD. This will install the Active Desktop components, which the service pack 2 does not. Do not substitute Windows Internet Explorer 5.0.

ò Note. Install all software to the D: drive.

ò Install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack2 using the standard installation.

ò Install the Microsoft Windows NT4 Option Pack. If prompted, perform an "Upgrade Plus" installation.

ò Install Index Server, Windows Scripting Host, and under the IIS options, install the SMTP server. These options are not installed by default. You must perform a custom installation to enable these options.
ò Do not install the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions. The FrontPage Server Extensions are installed later in the process.
Configure MTS for local (not remote) administration

ò Install the updated Front page 98 Server Extensions version 3.0.2.1706.

ò Change the SQL Server client default Network Library to TCP/IP.

To configure the SQL Server client, run the SQL Server Client Network Utility WINDBVER. On the General tab, select "TCP/IP Sockets" as the Default Network, click Apply, and then click OK. IIS should now use TCP/IP sockets when it connects to the SQL Server computer. Do not perform this step if SQL Server (6.5 or 7.0) is installed on the same computer.

ò Verify that the MSDTC service is started on both the Site Server computer and the SQL Server computer, and that MSDTC is configured to start automatically

ò Install Site Server 3.0.

Do not create new membership instances prior to installing Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition, because the Trey Research Web site will not install or configure correctly.

Configure Site Server 3 to use SQL as the database and not Access

ò Install Microsoft Windows NT4 Service Pack 4.

Do not substitute Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 or later at this point. When Windows NT 4.0 SP4 is installed, you will be required to restart the computer. After you restart the computer, you will be prompted to install the Y2K updates. Do not install the Y2K updates at this time. The Y2K updates are installed by Internet Explorer 4.0 SP2 and MDAC 2.1 SP2.

o Copy files to a backup directory

o Rename the backup directory.


ò Install Microsoft Data Access Control

This is also known as MDAC 2.1 Service Pack 2

ò Install Active Directory Services Interchange (ASDI) 2.5

ò Install Site Server Service Pack 3
Configure the Personalization and Membership database on the SQL Server computer for single-user mode.
Run the Mcis2upd.sql script against all pre-existing SQL Server databases that support LDAP. You do not need to run this script against SQL Server databases created after Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 2 is applied.
Reconfigure the Personalization and Membership database on the SQL Server computer for multi-user mode.
ò Install Windows NT4 Service Pack 5. Use NT SP6A for all new
Installations of Site Server

ò Team the network card using the Compaq Network Utilities. Use adaptive load balancing, not failover.