1.3 scope of this technical manual, Document chapters – Innotech eServer User Manual
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eServer Setup and Site Installation Instructions
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Chapter 1 – Preliminary Information
1-1.3 Scope of this Technical Manual
This technical manual contains:
DNS: Domain Name System, a naming system for computers, services or any resources on a private
network.
eServer: a web-based Magellan Explorer solution that allows a remote computer to display a
Magellan Explorer interface from within their web browser while accessing information on a remote
computer.
iComm: Innotech's communications server used by applications software.
IIS: Microsoft Internet Information Services software. This software enables your eServer Host
computer running capability to interact securely with connecting eServer Client computers.
IP address: a numerical label that is assigned to any device participating in a computer network that
uses the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes.
Magellan Builder: an event driven, object oriented real-time Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition package. Magellan Builder is used to create or modify a Magellan Project, which is run by
Magellan Explorer or eServer software.
Chapter
Number Chapter Name
Description
1
Preliminary Information
Contains initialisation related information of a general
nature such as computer requirements and pre-installation
materials.
2
Contains instructions for the installation and basic
configuration of the eServer software onto a computer, and
installation of the additional ATOM Reports Component if
required.
3
Contains instructions for configuring IIS on supported
Windows operating systems.
4
Contains instructions for the configuration of security and
access control on eServer software. Additionally, steps are
provided to enable eServer to communicate with an SQL
Server database.
5
Contains instructions for troubleshooting and resolving
general issues that may arise during the installation and
configuration of eServer software.
A
Provides steps to upgrade an existing eServer Host computer
running eServer v1.1 (with no SQL support) to eServer v1.20
or greater with SQL capabilities.
Table 1-1:
Document Chapters