CS458/558 - Network Management - Lab 4

The following assignment is intended to provide you with experience in working with the installation of a servers. This assignment requires the following diagrams of the Administration Building used in Labs 2 & 3. You may do this assignment in groups of 2 students.
Admin. Building First Floor     Admin. Building Second Floor

1. How many Windows NT Server client access licenses will be needed for the Administration Building server. What licensing mode would you use for the server?

2. List the tasks you would perform before installing the NT server software.

   Administration Building NT Server Setup
   Installation Preparation Task	Decision Step

3. On one of the servers in the SH109 lab, record hardware information about the computer to have ready for an NT Server installation.

4. Explain the difference between a PDC and a BDC. What would you make the server in the Administration Building? Explain why you should or should not have both a PDC and a BDC.

5. Install Windows NT Server on the computer in the SH109 lab that you used to answer question #3. Answer the following questions. (Have paper ready to write down your answers during the installation.)
   • How did you initially boot the computer to start the installation?
   • What mass storage devices did Setup detect?
   • Did you need to specify additional mass storage devices that were not detected?
   • What hardware and software components were identified by Setup? Did it identify all components successfully?
   • Did you install NT Server on an existing partition or did you create a new one?
   • How much disk space is available for the installation?
   • Did the examination of the hard drives find any problems? If so, what were the problems?
   • Did you make the server a PDC or BDC or a stand alone server? Why?
   • What software components did you install? Why? How much disk space did they require?
   • Did Setup correctly identify the NIC and NIC settings?
   • What protocols did you select? Why?
   • What network services did you select? Why?
   • What bindings were selected? Why?
   • Did you choose to make an Emergency Repair Disk? At what point did Setup make the disk?
   • Did the server boot successfully after the installation? If it didn't, why not?

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