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Configuring
Use this information to configure your network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters.
Configuring a network
This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful HCL Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
Domino® and networks
A variety of client systems can use wireless or wired technology to communicate with Domino® servers over local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and metropolitan area networks (MANs). For example, Notes® workstations and Domino servers use the Notes remote procedure call (NRPC) protocol running over the LAN's network protocol to communicate with other Domino servers. Other client systems, such as Web browsers, Internet mail clients, wireless application protocol (WAP) devices, and personal information management (PIM) devices, can also communicate with Domino servers.
Avoiding port conflicts on IBM® i
IBM® i and HCL Domino® both provide some of the same Internet protocols; therefore, if your configuration is not correct it is possible to have port conflicts. Services such as SMTP, POP3, HTTP and LDAP need to be configured so that they do not conflict.

Configuring
Use this information to configure your network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters.
- Configuring a network
  This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful HCL Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
  - Domino® and networks
    A variety of client systems can use wireless or wired technology to communicate with Domino® servers over local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and metropolitan area networks (MANs). For example, Notes® workstations and Domino servers use the Notes remote procedure call (NRPC) protocol running over the LAN's network protocol to communicate with other Domino servers. Other client systems, such as Web browsers, Internet mail clients, wireless application protocol (WAP) devices, and personal information management (PIM) devices, can also communicate with Domino servers.
    - Avoiding port conflicts on IBM® i
      IBM® i and HCL Domino® both provide some of the same Internet protocols; therefore, if your configuration is not correct it is possible to have port conflicts. Services such as SMTP, POP3, HTTP and LDAP need to be configured so that they do not conflict.
    - NRPC communication
      Domino® servers offer many different services. The foundation for communication between Notes® workstations and Domino servers or between two Domino servers is the Notes remote procedure call (NRPC) service.
    - Resolving server names to network addresses in NRPC
      Communications between Notes® and Domino® occur through the NRPC protocol running on the supported LAN protocol. When a Notes workstation or Domino server attempts to connect to a Domino server on the LAN, it uses a combination of the built-in Notes Name Service and the network protocol's name-resolver service to convert the name of the Domino server to a physical address on the network.
  - Network security
    Physical network security is beyond the scope of this documentation, but you must set it up before you set up connection security. Physical network security prevents unauthorized users from breaking through the network and using one of the operating system's native services -- for example, file sharing -- to access the server. Physical network security also comes into play when any data is exposed, as the potential exists for malicious or unauthorized users to eavesdrop both on the network where the Domino® system resides and on the system you are using to set up the server.
  - Setting up Domino® servers on the network
    Before and after installing a Domino® server, perform required tasks.
- Configuring users and servers
  Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.

Avoiding port conflicts on IBM® i

IBM® i and HCL Domino® both provide some of the same Internet protocols; therefore, if your configuration is not correct it is possible to have port conflicts. Services such as SMTP, POP3, HTTP and LDAP need to be configured so that they do not conflict.

For information about configuring services to avoid port conflicts, see the following topics in the Installing and Managing Domino® for System i® guide, which is installed in the IBM i product directory.

Using Domino® as a mail server
Domino® as a Web server
About Directory services and Domino®, section title Using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol