Introduction: Getting Started with Lotus Foundations Start (Lotus Foundations Start 1.0 - Getting Started Guide)  |
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This article is intended for administrators and provides
the basic steps required to install a fully-functioning Lotus Foundations
Start.
The topics included in this article are designed to get the basic Lotus
Foundations-powered server set up and running quickly, but it covers only
the basic installation, configuration, and setup topics. For more advanced
features and topics, refer to the Introduction: Administering Lotus Foundations
Start article.
See the following topics for more information about getting started with
Lotus Foundations Start:
Before you get started checklist
- Before beginning the installation and configuration of
Lotus Foundations, consult this checklist to ensure that you have all that
is needed.
- Read topic: Before
you get started checklist (http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lfndswiki.nsf/dx/01122009010040PMLMBP4M.htm)
System hardware requirements
- Lotus Foundations runs in one of two supported hardware
configurations.
- Read topic: System
hardware requirements (http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lfndswiki.nsf/dx/01122009052429PMLMBU9G.htm)
Summary of installation
Installation should take approximately 30-40
minutes. Perform the following steps to install Lotus Foundations Start:
- Step 1 and Step 2: Set up either a Lotus Foundations Server
that has Lotus Foundations pre-installed; or setup your third party hardware
and install and configure the Lotus Foundations base environment (operating
system).
- Step 3: Install and configure the Lotus Foundations Start
software.
- Step 4: Create one or more user accounts in WebConfig.
These user accounts can immediately access email through a Web browser
with the Domino Web Access (DWA) feature.
- Step 5: If you require client software to use Domino mail
and other groupware components, you can also install the IBM Lotus Notes
addon on the Lotus Foundations Server and deploy the client onto the user
workstations.
- Step 6: Install language packs for any additional languages
you need for email and collaboration.
- Step 7: Install the optional components, such as Domino
Access for Microsoft Outlook,anti-spam network filtering and Lotus Symphony
tools
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Lotus Foundations operating system installation
Lotus Foundations Start module installation
User account creation for Lotus Foundations Start
- User accounts provide access to Lotus Domino email and
business applications, including Lotus Notes, Domino Web Access (DWA),
and Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook (DAMO).
- Read topic: User
account creation for Lotus Foundations Start
(http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lfndswiki.nsf/dx/01122009054410PMLMBUMS.htm)
Lotus Foundations Start DAMO Add-on
- Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook is a method of accessing
your Domino-based email and collaboration materials through Microsoft Outlook.
- Read topic: Lotus
Foundations Start DAMO Add-on (http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lfndswiki.nsf/dx/01122009055032PMLMBURS.htm)
Client program installation for Lotus Foundations Start
- You can use the Domino Web Access for email for all users.
You can also install a workstation client program to interact with the
Domino mail server.
- Read topic: Client
program installation for Lotus Foundations Start
(http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lfndswiki.nsf/dx/01122009055321PMLMBUTJ.htm)
Installing language packs
- If you want to setup the server and user support for other
languages, you must install language packs for both Domino and Notes.
- Read topic: Installing
language packs (http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lfndswiki.nsf/dx/01122009055624PMLMBUVF.htm)
Additional features that you can install
- Lotus Foundations Start has additional features for using
Microsoft Outlook, anti-spam network scanning, print serving, and Lotus
Symphony.
- Read topic: Additional
features that you can install (http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lfndswiki.nsf/dx/01122009055933PMLMBUXE.htm)
Former Net Integration customers should read the IBM Technot Guidance
on migration from Nitix products to Lotus Foundations (http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21388144),
for critical migration information before you attempt any migration from
a legacy Nitix server to Lotus Foundations.
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