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StreetTalk for Windows NT Installation Guide

Chapter 1 - Installation Overview

Overview of This Guide

StreetTalk Naming Service
StreetTalk Security Service
StreetTalk Server Service
StreetTalk Communications Protocol Stack
StreetTalk Directory Assistance service
StreetTalk File
StreetTalk Print
Banyan Enterprise Client for Windows NT
VINES® Files
StreetTalk Explorer
Intelligent Messaging Mail (option)
Server-to-Server UDP (option)
StreetTalk Network Management (option)
Backup Suite for StreetTalk (option)

Some experience with the Windows NT operating system
Basic understanding of local area networks (LANs)

Chapter Description
 1 Presents an overview of the product and its capabilities.
 2 Describes the prerequisites and the information you must have on hand before you install the product.
 3 Describes the installation steps.
 4 Describes how to monitor StreetTalk for Windows NT software after if is installed.

Product Package

Component Description
StreetTalk for Windows NT 8.6 Installation Guide Printed installation guide
StreetTalk for Windows NT 8.6 Release Notice Printed release notice
Server Code and Server Enabler Code Codes entered during installation to authenticate your software and create a StreetTalk for Windows NT server serial number. The serial number becomes associated with the servername. Not included on an upgrade.
StreetTalk for Windows NT Product CD-ROM StreetTalk for Windows NT software components that can be installed on the Windows NT Server. Also contains the Banyan NetWorker Recover Browser.
Banyan Client Components Suite CD-ROM

Client workstation software (VINES Files, Enterprise Client for Windows NT and Windows 95/98/98 software), the StreetTalk Explorer management tool, and Banyan GINA for Windows NT.

There are two Banyan Client Components Suite CDs. One CD contains English (USA) and European (French, German, and Spanish) language versions of client workstation software and StreetTalk Explorer. The other contains English (USA) and Japanese versions of client workstation software and StreetTalk Explorer. Only one CD ships with the product depending on which language version of StreetTalk for Windows NT you purchase.

The Banyan Client Components Suite CDs contain online documentation that describes how to install Banyan Enterprise Clients for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT.

Banyan Books Online CD-ROM Electronic information product containing Banyan network products documentation in HTML format.
Software License Agreement Printed software license agreement.

Other components that you may receive if you purchase options are as follows:

Table 1-2. Components with Purchased Options

 Component  Description
Option Code for StreetTalk Intelligent Messaging™ Code provided if you purchased the Intelligent Messaging Mail option.
Option Code for Network Management Code provided if you purchased the Network Management option.
Option Code for Server-to-Server UDP Code provided if you purchased the Server-to-Server UDP option (TCP/IP Server-to Server).
Option Code for Backup Suite for StreetTalk Code provided if you purchased the Backup Suite for StreetTalk option.
Banyan Networker 5.5 CD Banyan Networker backup and restore software. This is a separately purchasable option.

StreetTalk for Windows NT Software Components

StreetTalk for Windows NT Base Software

Any size partition that Windows NT supports.
Long filenames and international filenames.
OS/2 extended attributes

StreetTalk for Windows NT Optional Software

Client Component Software

Logging in as a Client

Using the same username and password to log in to Windows NT and to the Banyan network
Editing Banyan user profiles
Sending messages to other StreetTalk users
Printing to Banyan print services
Running Banyan drive Z and Win32 applications
Accessing other Banyan file services
Using StreetTalk Explorer to manage the StreetTalk for Windows NT server and other Banyan servers

Using StreetTalk Explorer to Manage StreetTalk for Windows NT

Client Workstations Supported

Table 1-3. Client Workstations Supported

Client Workstation Network Protocol Languages
DOS VINES IP English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese
Windows 3.1 VINES IP English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese
Windows 95/98 VINES IP or UDP English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese
Windows NT VINES IP or UDP English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese
OS/2 VINES IP English, French, German, and Spanish

IP Client Workstations

Figure 1-1. VINES IP Client Workstations Communicate Across a TCP/IP Network

Note: DOS, Windows 3.1, and OS/2 client workstations do not support using the UDP protocol. Therefore, a StreetTalk for Windows NT server cannot act as an IP Client server for DOS, Windows 3.1, or OS/2 workstations. These workstations must use VINES IP or they must communicate with a native VINES server that supports IP Clients. The native VINES server can forward packets between the IP Clients and the StreetTalk for Windows NT server.

Server-to-Server UDP

Figure 1-2. Three StreetTalk for Windows NT Servers Connected Through an IP Network

Note: A StreetTalk for Windows NT server cannot communicate directly with a pre-8.0 native VINES server running the VINES TCP/IP Server-to-Server option, or with DOS or Windows 3.1 client workstations configured as IP clients.

Enabling Automatic Connectivity

Installation

Prerequisites

StreetTalk for Windows NT base software. The S-to-S UDP software works only if StreetTalk communications software, the StreetTalk Naming service, and the StreetTalk Security Service are started.
TCP/IP. You must have installed Microsoft TCP/IP software included with your Windows NT software. You should be familiar with TCP/IP terminology and concepts and should be able to configure and manage TCP/IP on your Windows NT Server.
TCP/IP routing tables must be configured to correctly exchange UDP packets with other Windows NT Servers with which the StreetTalk for Windows NT server wants to exchange packets using the S-to-S UDP software.
If you manually connect your server to a StreetTalk for Windows NT server, you must know the hostname and the server serial number of the remote server, and the routing metric for the path to the remote server. If the Server-to-Server UDP software cannot look up the IP address of the remote server from its hostname, you need to know its IP address. If you know the IP address, you do not need to enter the hostname of the remote server.

Managing Time

Setting or changing the time zone
Setting or changing the time and date
Scheduling an automatic dial-out to a reliable time service

StreetTalk Network Management

Managing StreetTalk for Windows NT File and Print Services

StreetTalk for Windows NT on a Banyan Network

Figure 1-3. StreetTalk for Windows NT on a Banyan Network

Further Reading

Managing StreetTalk for Windows NT Services
StreetTalk for Windows NT Administrator's Guide
StreetTalk for Windows NT Release Notice

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