Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows Installation Icons
You choose the installation type to meet your needs. For example, if you want to install a standalone server, install only the Connect:Direct® for Microsoft Windows server software. If you want to use a computer as a server and a workstation, install both the server software and Connect:Direct Requester. To install Connect:Direct Secure Plus, use the custom installation to install both Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows and Connect:Direct Secure Plus.
Additionally, if you have a large network of computers where you need to install Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows, you can set up a silent installation. To configure a silent installation, install Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows at one computer. Then use the initialization parameters file that was created during the installation to create a silent installation. Send the modified INI file to each computer on which to perform the silent installation.
Icons are displayed by each component to illustrate the selected installation type. The icons and installation types are described below:
- The component is installed to the local drive.
- Selected features of the component are installed.
- The component is not installed.
- Adds an icon to the Connect:Direct program group of the selected computer. The component is only installed when the user clicks the program icon to run the program.
- The component is installed on the network.
Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows is installed in the directory called C:\Program Files\IBM\Connect Direct v6.0.0\component.
If you would like to install Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows in another location, select the Custom setup during the installation and click Change. The remaining procedures use the default installation path.