Installing Connect:Direct for UNIX

Before you install Connect:Direct® for UNIX, complete the worksheets to identify all information required to perform the installation.

Connect:Direct for UNIX may be installed on a local disk or a shared disk file system, also known as a clustered file system. Examples of clustered file systems are IBM’s GPFS, Veritas Cluster File System, and Red Hat Global File System.

Connect:Direct for UNIX requires that you install a server and at least one client location. You can install Connect:Direct for UNIX in different configurations:

• Install the server on a local system and the clients on remote systems
• Install the server and at least one client on a local system and the remaining clients on remote systems
• Install using a Silent Installation. See IBM Connect:Direct for Unix silent installation in the Mass Deployment documentation library.