SME Server:Documentation:Administration Manual

This guide is intended for those who are in charge of the Administration of a SME Server. It provides a tour of the Administrator (server-manager), with explanations of each of the menu items in the Administrator area. It also goes through the Help Screens which are available to Administrators as they are installing their server.

Chapter 1. Welcome to SME Server 7

1.1 About This Guide
1.x Server Features

Chapter 2. The role of the SME Server

Chapter 3. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP)

Chapter 4. Hardware Requirements of the SME Server

4.1 Minimum Hardware Requirements
4.2 Recommended Hardware Requirements
4.3 Hard Drive Configuration
4.4 Supported Ethernet or SCSI Adapters, or Tape Drives

Chapter 5. Installing And Configuring Your SME Server Software

5.1 Licensing Terms and Conditions
5.2 RAID1 Support (Disk Mirroring)
5.3 Upgrading From A Previous Version
5.4 Installing the Software
5.5 Configuring your SME Server

Chapter 6. The Server Console

6.1 Using the Text-based Browser
6.2 Accessing the Linux Root Prompt

Chapter 7. Configuring the Computers on Your Network

7.1 What Order to do Things
7.2 Configuring Your Desktop Operating System

Chapter 8. On-going Administration using the server manager

Chapter 9. Collaboration

9.1 Users
9.2 Groups
9.3 Quotas
9.4 Pseudonyms
9.5 Information Bays

Chapter 10. Administration

10.1 Backup or restore
10.3 View log files
10.4 Mail log file analysis
10.5 Reboot or shutdown

Chapter 11. Security

11.1 Remote Access
11.2 Local networks
11.3 Port forwarding
11.4 Proxy settings

Chapter 12 Miscellaneous

12.1 Support and licensing
12.2 Create Starter Web Site
12.3 Online manual
12.4 Other Administration Notes

Chapter 13. Configuration

13.1 Software Installer
13.2 Set date and time
13.3 Workgroup
13.4 Directory
13.5 Printers
13.6 Hostnames and addresses
13.7 Domains
13.8 E-mail
13.9 Review Configuration

Chapter 14. Information Bays (i-bays)

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