Caldera OpenLinux and Netfinity Server Integration Guide

• 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.

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Contents

• Preface
  
• Linux Installation
  
• Basic System Administration
  
• General Performance Tools in Linux
  
• Samba
  
• DNS - Domain Name Service
  
• DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  
• Apache and IBM HTTP Server
  
• Sendmail
  
• LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
  
• NIS - Network Information System
  
• NFS - Network File System
  
• Packet Filtering With IP Chains
  
• Backup and Recovery
  
• Appendixes
  
• Index