Setup guide

IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5 Release Notes Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration
LDAP directories
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IDS 5.1 and 5.2
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Domino 6.5 and 7.0
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Microsoft Active Directory 2003
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Sun ONE Directory 5 (iPlanet 5.1 and 5.2)
Supported Domino server version
Sametime 7.5 must install on a Domino 7.0 or later server. Note that the Domino 7.x server release must
be installed prior to installing the Sametime server.
Installation notes
Installing the IBM Lotus Sametime Connect 7.5 client
If your administrator installed the IBM Lotus Sametime Connect 7.5 client files on your Sametime 7.5
server, you can download the client files from that server. If you have access to the IBM download site,
you can also download the client files from there.
Downloading Sametime Connect 7.5 for Windows or Linux
To download the Sametime Connect 7.5 client files for Windows or Linux from your server, follow the
instructions below. These instructions will not work for the Macintosh version of the client, so you'll need
to follow the Macintosh instructions instead.
1.
Using a web browser, open the Sametime Center page (stcenter.nsf) on your Sametime 7.5 server.
For example, if your Sametime 7.5 server host name is st75server.com, you would open
http://st75server.com/stcenter.nsf.
2.
Select the link to the download the Lotus Sametime Connect 7.5 Client to display the download page.
3.
Select the Sametime Connect 7.5 download link for either Windows or Linux to download the client
install package to your local drive.
4.
Follow the instructions below to install the Sametime Connect client (these instructions are also on the
download page).
5.
The first time you launch the client, you'll need to enter the host name of your Sametime server. Use
the name of the server from which you downloaded the files, unless your administrator has instructed
you to use a different server.
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