Technical Overview

Qube 2

Presentation

I. Solutions– A Gateway to the World

– A Business Server

– An Internet Server

– An Email ServerII. 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 Email Server

A Gateway to the World

A Business Server

An Internet Server

An Email 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 email on this server

Setup Screen 2 - Administrator

Optional: Enter an email 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 2.0.34

• TCP stack changes• Many 2.2.x kernel enhancements

– MIPS platform

• Standard daemons– Sendmail (SMTP)– Apache (html)– Bind (DNS)– Qpopper (POP3 email)– 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

Email 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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