Configuring IBM Director to use a file-distribution server

This topic describes how to configure IBM Director to use a file-distribution server to distribute software to Level-2 managed systems.

Complete the following steps to configure IBM Director Server to use a file-distribution server:
  1. Start IBM Director Console.
  2. Click Options > Server Preferences.
  3. In the Server Preferences window, click the File Distribution Server tab. A list is displayed of all configured file-distribution servers.
  4. Click Add.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. In the Maximum Managed Systems field, type the maximum number of managed systems that can receive a software package at the same time.
  8. 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.
  9. If you specified an FTP-based server in step 5, you must provide information about the FTP server:
    1. In the User ID on FTP server field, type a user ID authorized to access the FTP server installed on the share.
    2. In the Password field, type the password associated with the user ID.
    3. In the Confirm password field, retype the password associated with the user ID.
    4. 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.
  10. Press OK.
If you have multiple file-distribution servers, repeat this procedure for each server.
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