Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.8

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Before Installing HP DCE/9000 Version 1.8
Preinstallation Planning
DNS name, contact the administrator in charge of the domain under
which you want to name your cell.
For more information on cell naming, see the OSF DCE Administration
Guide - Core Services .
For configuration information, see Chapter 5, "Configuring HP DCE".
DCE Services
This section outlines some considerations and restrictions on HP
DCE/9000 Version 1.8 software that will help you map out the
installation of your cell.
Client Core Services
Core Services are contained in the DCE-Core product. This product must
be installed on every system in your cell.
Security Services
Security server software is contained in the DCE-SEC-Server product.
The system(s) running the security server should be reliably accessible
and physically secure. They should also have enough disk space to hold a
registry database that could expand significantly over time as the
number of users increases. HP has found the following guidelines to be
sufficient:
More information about DCE Security Services may be found in the OSF
DCE Administration Guide - Core Services .
Cell Directory Service Configuration
In configuring CDS servers and clients, pay careful attention to the HP
DCE/ 9000 hardware requirements for the DCE product. (See "Hardware
and Software Requirements" in this chapter.) Appropriate kernel
configuration, memory, disk, and especially swap space are essential to
the proper functioning of the CDS subsystem.
Tape backups of the CDS server database are extremely important for
For each principal: 1440 bytes of physical memory 330
bytes of disk space
For each account: 1580 bytes of physical memory240
bytes of disk space