Complete the following steps to configure
IBM Director Server to
use a file-distribution server:
- Start IBM Director Console.
- Click .
- In the Server Preferences window, click the File Distribution Server tab.
A list is displayed of all configured file-distribution servers.
- Click Add.
- In the Add Share Name window, type the name of the file-distribution
server (using UNC notation) in the Share Name field.
To specify FTP as the transport protocol, begin the share-name entry with ftp:,
for example ftp:\\ServerName\AccountName.
- In the Maximum Disk Space field, type the maximum
amount of disk space (in MB) that can be allocated on the file-distribution
server for software distribution.
- In the Maximum Managed Systems field, type the
maximum number of managed systems that can receive a software package at the
same time.
- To limit the bandwidth that can be used to send packages between IBM Director
Server and the file-distribution server, select the Limit bandwidth
between server and share (kbps) check box. In the entry field,
type the maximum bandwidth, in kilobytes per second (KBps), that can be used
to send packages between IBM Director and the file-distribution server.
註: You
might want to limit the bandwidth when a dedicated connection, such as integrated
services digital network (ISDN), is used for copying the files from IBM Director
Server to the share.
- If you specified an FTP-based server in step 5,
you must provide information about the FTP server:
- In the User ID on FTP server field, type a user
ID authorized to access the FTP server installed on the share.
- In the Password field, type the password associated
with the user ID.
- In the Confirm password field, retype the password
associated with the user ID.
- In the Home Directory field you can specify the
directory where you want to cache software packages. If you do not specify
a directory, the packages will be cached in the default home directory defined
for the FTP user.
註: For i5/OS™,
you must specify a directory, or configure the FTP server to operate in regular
mode. By specifying a directory, IBM Director automatically
changes the FTP server to operate in regular mode.
- Press OK.
If you have multiple file-distribution servers, repeat this procedure
for each server.