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Ensim Corporation


Chapter 1
Preparing for the installation

Introduction

This chapter describes the preparation required prior to installing Ensim Pro, including system requirements, Web browser requirements, license requirements, and other requirements.

Time required for the installation

The time required to install Ensim Pro is between 15 to 20 minutes for a server conforming to the requirements specified in System requirements. However, this time can vary depending your hardware and software configuration.

System requirements

The following sections list the minimum hardware, software, and Web browser requirements for installing and accessing Ensim Pro.

Hardware requirements

Table 1-1 lists the minimum hardware requirements for Ensim Pro.


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Verify that you have adequate disk space on the server where you are installing Ensim Pro. Additionally, verify that the disk uses the NTFS file system.


Table 1-1. System requirements 
Operating system
Processor (recommended)
Memory
(RAM)
Free Disk space
File System
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 – Standard, Enterprise, and Web editions
Intel® Pentium® III 733 MHz or higher
minimum 256 MB of RAM; 1 GB of RAM is recommended
40 GB
NTFS

Software requirements

The software required before installing Ensim Pro is:


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Before installing Ensim Pro, ensure that ActivePerl, PHP, Webalizer, Power Tools, or MSDE are not installed on the Ensim Pro server.


Windows Server 2003 requirements

This section describes the Ensim Pro requirements specific to Windows Server 2003.

Ensure that the following components and services of Windows Server 2003 are installed on the server before installing Ensim Pro on it.


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Ensim Pro is not compatible with Active Directory Services; however, it can be later installed on a server with Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM).


Before installing Ensim Pro, ensure that the Active Directory Services (ADS) component is not installed.

Web browser requirements

To access the Ensim Pro interface (after installing Ensim Pro), you need Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.5 and later, with cookies enabled.

Other versions and browsers have either not been tested, or are incompatible with Ensim Pro.


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The Ensim Pro interface is best viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.5 and later, with a 1024 X 768-pixel screen resolution (or higher) and 16-bit color (or higher).

You must set the Web browser’s security level to Medium, since the default High security level used in Windows Server 2003 will not enable certain functionalities of Ensim Pro.


Other requirements

Installation drive paths

Before installing Ensim Pro on a server, ensure that all the drives where the Ensim Pro program and site or domain data files are stored must have the NTFS file system.

Ports used by Ensim Pro and other supported third-party applications

Ensure that the following ports used by Ensim Pro and other supported third-party applications are not closed.

Table 1-2. Ports used by Ensim Pro and other supported third-party applications 
Name of the Ensim Pro service or supported third-party application
Port used
FTP service for Name-based sites
10000 + FTP site identifier

Note: The FTP site identifier can be obtained by going to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > IIS Manager, expanding the server name, and clicking FTP Sites.

FTP service for IP-based sites
21
IIS Web service (Standard)
80
IIS Web service (SSL)
443
Imail Server
8383
Urchin
9999 (default)

Note: This port number can be changed while installing Urchin.

License requirement

You need a valid license before you can log on as the server administrator and begin using Ensim Pro. When you buy Ensim Pro from the Ensim Storefront (https://buy.ensim.com), you receive the license file as an attachment with the order confirmation email from Ensim.

Ensim Pro requires a valid license for a pre-determined number of sites, for example, a 250-domain license.

For more information on registering the license, see Registering the license for Ensim Pro.

Applications included with Ensim Pro

Ensim Pro includes the following applications:


Ensim Corporation
www.ensim.com

Contact Ensim
www.ensim.com/about/contact.html

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