Technical Overview Qube 2

Presentation I. Solutions –A Gateway to the World –A Business Server –An Internet Server –An Server II. Concept –Server Appliance –The User Interface III. Setup –Setup Wizard –Administration Site IV. The Technical –Welcome to Cobalt Linux –The Competencies

I. Solutions A Gateway to the World A Business Server An Internet Server An Server

A Gateway to the World

A Business Server

An Internet Server

An Server

II. Concept Server Appliance The User Interface

Server Appliance Simple, inexpensive devices designed and optimized to deliver a limited set of network-centric applications exceptionally well. Designed for users, not technicians. Embedded, value-added software Extraordinary ease of use Low TCO Embedded, value-added software Extraordinary ease of use Low TCO

The User Interface Simple, web browser-based Platform independent Empowering

III. Delivery Setup Wizard Administration Site

To begin, simple plug in the power and the network connector Then, set the network IP number using the buttons* You’re ready to begin configuration Qube 2’s ship with preloaded software The Setup * DHCP can assign IP number

Setup Screen 1 – Network 4 Entries: Host Domain Primary DNS Secondary DNS After clicking NEXT, you’ll be prompted to decide whether to receive on this server

Setup Screen 2 - Administrator Optional: Enter an address for system notifications. Set the admin password. Enter it twice.

Setup Screen 3 - Services Decide what services to run on this server

Setup Screen 4 - Time Setup Set the time zone and optional NTP server setting. The NTP server option allows synchronizing with atomic clocks.

Setup Screen 5 - Access Rights Decide whether uses can add and delete themselves or only the administrator has these privileges.

Setup Screen 6 - Users Click to add users. More maybe added later. After clicking ADD USER, the window changes to input the information.

Setup Screen 7 - Groups Click to add groups. More maybe added later. After clicking ADD GROUP, the window changes to input the information.

The Public Site Click here to enter Administrator Site You must enter “admin” and the password

IV. The Technical Welcome to Cobalt Linux The Competencies

Welcome to Cobalt Linux Stable Operating system –LINUX kernel TCP stack changes Many 2.2.x kernel enhancements –MIPS platform Standard daemons –Sendmail (SMTP) –Apache (html) –Bind (DNS) –Qpopper (POP3 ) –ProFTP (FTP) –Telnetd, imapd –Samba (Windows file sharing) –Netatalk (Appleshare IP for Mac OS filesharing)

Qube 2 Administration IP forwarding Network Address Translation Configure the Secondary Interface here (if used)

Modem Configuration For Dial-on-Demand

Services List Control Panel allows control over services, access rights, and the clock. This screen shows the different services

IP Filtering IP filtering adds to network security (uses ipfwadm) You can block by port or protocol: TCP/UDP/ ICMP

Parameters Frequency –sends mail immediately or queues Retrieval –use pop user name –multi-drop: auto-handles distribution

SMB Windows File Sharing WINS Server allows you to share nethoods over multi-subnetted networks

DNS Parameters Improved interface RFC2317 compliant R-DNS subnet splitting Full A, CNAME, MX, PTR record support

DHCP Parameters Support for static or dynamic pools You can only serve within your subnet hostnames should be defined in DNS (don’t forget to enable DNS)

Access Rights Telnet access is off by default

Backup Backup by: –Web –FTP –Windows file share –Legato

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