Installation guide

Installing Sentriant AG

Sentriant AG Software Installation Guide, Version 5.2

NOTE

Your system may require a different gateway. Check with your network administrator if you have problems or are

unsure of which gateway IP address to use.

● Primary nameserver IP address (DNS server)—The IP address of the server that you use to convert

hostnames to IP addresses. For example: 204.74.112.1.

To find the current DNS server:

Linux – Look in the

/etc/resolv.conf file for the nameserver entry.

Windows – Enter

ipconfig /all at the command line

If you use secondary and tertiary nameservers, you will be asked for those IP addresses as well.

● Sentriant AG hostname —The names you give your Sentriant AG servers (MS and ESs). Select

names that are short, easy to remember, have no spaces or underscores, and the first and last

character cannot be a dash (-).

NOTE

The Sentriant AG hostnames must be the fully qualified domain names (FQDN). The FQDN includes the host and

the domain name—including the top-level domain. For example, waldo.mycompany.com.

● Time zone—The time zones where your Sentriant AG servers are located. The time zones must be

specified for each MS and each ES.

● Sentriant AG server root password—The passwords you give to your Sentriant AG servers (MS and

ESs) when logging in as the

root user. Note: This is not the Sentriant AG user interface administrator

password.

● Installation type—The type is either MS or ES for multiple-server installations, or Both for single-

server installations.

● NTP server IP—The IP address you use for your Network Time Protocol (NTP) server

Creating a Single-server Installation

To install the MS and ES on a single server:

1 Locate the server you are using for the Sentriant AG installation.

2 Insert the Sentriant AG CD into the dedicated server and reboot (for example by pressing

[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Delete] or an appropriate method of reboot). Once the server reboots, the boot prompt

screen appears (Figure 1).

WARNING!

The Sentriant AG installation CD automatically reformats the hard drive on the host machine, erasing all existing

data. Do not continue if you need any information that is stored on the hard drive! To abort the installation, press

[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Delete].