Record Server Specifications

Print Servers

If this is a print server, determine the following:

• Number of users who will print and the printing workload they will generate:

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• Types of printing needs (for example, if users in Sales need to print colored brochures, you might need a color printer).

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• Location of the printers. It should be easy for users to pick up their printed documents. Use Table A.17 to assign printers to each print server.

Table A.17 Assign Print Servers, Printers, and Their Locations

• Have you installed all the required print drivers? Yes __ No __

(Obtain the print drivers from the Windows 2000 Server operating system CD or from the printer manufacturer.)

Are any clients on the network running third-party operating systems?

Macintosh __ NetWare __ UNIX __ Other __ ______________________

You must install additional services on print servers and install the appropriate print drivers on clients running third-party operating systems. Contact the printer manufacturer for the proper print drivers.

File Servers

• Do you plan to run domain-based Dfs? Yes __ No __

Note

Domain-based Dfs requires that Active Directory be running.

• Arrange servers into groups to determine which file share each will use:
• Group ______________________ includes the following file servers:

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Application Servers

What services will this application server host?

Component Services __ Terminal Services __ Database __ E-mail __

If you require Component Services, choose one or more of the following:

• Application load balancing: Yes __ No __
• Transaction Services: Yes __ No __
• Application Management: Yes __ No __
• Message Queuing: Yes __ No __
• Other: _______________________________________________________

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Web Servers

What new or additional components will you install on this server?

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