Caldera OpenLINUX and Netfinity Server Integration Guide

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 329 pages
• Published by: Prentice Hall PTR
• Edition: 1st Edition February 15, 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 013089771X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0130897718
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.6 pounds

Back Cover Copy

• The complete guide to running Caldera OpenLinux on IBM Netfinity Servers
• Netfinity server-specific coverage you can't find anywhere else - including ServeRAID configuration!
• Plan, configure, and install key services, step by step: Samba, Apache, Sendmail, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and more
• All content fully tested by IBM technicians for reliability, clarity, performance, and security
• The complete, expert guide to running Caldera OpenLinux on IBM Netfinity Servers
• Extensive networking, Internet, and security coverage: Apache, Sendmail, Samba, DNS/DHCP, ipchains, and more
• Comprehensive, Netfinity server-specific coverage of installation, configuration, management, and troubleshooting
• Specific, proven recommendations for disk partitioning, hardware management, SAMBA configuration, and more
• Caldera OpenLinux performance optimization and system monitoring

Here's all the information you need to maximize Caldera OpenLinux performance and reliability on IBM's state-of-the-art Netfinity server platforms. In this book, a team of IBM's top Linux experts presents start-to-finish, Netfinity server-specific coverage of OpenLinux 2.2/2.3 deployment and system administration throughout the entire system lifecycle!

You'll get running fast with IBM's expert step-by-step preparation and installation techniques: review updating your BIOS and firmware; making the CD-ROM bootable, preparing SCSI devices, partitioning, configuration, XWindows setup, deploying IBM ServeRAID in OpenLinux environments, and much more.

Next, you'll master all the key techniques of day-to-day OpenLinux system administration, including backup and recovery, Internet and email connectivity, DNS/DHCP name services, and using OpenLinux with Samba as a world-class file/print server for Windows workstations. IBM-tested, proven, and crystal clear, this is the one essential book for everyone running OpenLinux on Netfinity servers. Sharing Technical Expertise from Around the World

Prentice Hall PTR has selected this IBM Redbook for its worldwide publishing program. IBM Redbooks are produced by the International Technical Support Organization where experts from around the world work together to build effective technical information based on their practical work experience.

About The Author


JAKOB CARSTENSEN is an Advisory Specialist for Netfinity Servers with IBM in Raleigh, NC. JAY HASKINS is a Systems Architect for IBM Global Services Enterprise Architecture and Design in Seattle, WA. IVO GOMILSEK is a Product Specialist for PC hardware at IBM Slovenia. LENZ GRIMMER is a software Engineer at SuSE GmbH in Nuremberg, Germany. JOE KAPLENK is a Senior Systems Management Integration Professional for IBM Global Services/DAAS in Lisle, IL, and author of several Prentice Hall PTR books, including Linux Networking Interactive Workbook.