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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 users and servers
Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
Domino IQ
Domino 14.5 brings an AI inference engine into the Domino backend.

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.
- Configuring users and servers
  Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
  - Understanding the Server document
    The Server document is set up when you register a server. It contains many of the settings that define how your server operates.
  - Policies
    Use Domino® policy settings to control how users work with Notes®. A policy is a document that identifies a collection of individual policy settings. Policy settings documents define a set of defaults that apply to the users and groups to which the policy is assigned. You can change policy settings and they will be automatically applied to the assigned users and groups.
  - Domino IQ
    Domino 14.5 brings an AI inference engine into the Domino backend.
    - Installing Domino IQ
      The Domino IQ component is an option in the installation program once you choose to install the Custom Domino Server.
    - Enabling Domino IQ servers
      Use the Domino Directory to set up one or more Domino IQ servers.
    - Configuring the Domino IQ database
      Specify settings in the Domino IQ database (dominoiq.nsf).
    - Downloading an LLM model manually
      Download pre-trained data models in GGUF format.
    - Configuring the Certstore database for TLS
      Specify TLS communication settings in the Certstore database (certstore.nsf).
    - DominoIQ task status and controls
      Use Domino IQ server task status, along with console/tell commands, to help monitor and Domino IQ.
    - Troubleshooting tips
      Here is some helpful information if you encounter a problem with Domino IQ.
  - Defining default settings for Notes® user registration
    Before you register new Notes® users, you can specify default settings that apply to all users. Default settings simplify user registration and ensure user settings consistency. You can define many default settings, such as what mail server users have or what certifier ID to use for user registration. You can also specify a default workstation execution control list (ECL) to protect data from unauthorized workstation access.
  - Using groups
    Groups are lists of users, groups, and servers that have common traits. They are useful for mailing lists and access control lists. Using groups can simplify administration tasks.
  - Replicas
    You can make a database available to users in different locations, on different networks, or in different time zones, by creating replicas of the database.
  - Calendars and scheduling
    The calendar and scheduling features allow users to check the free time of other users, schedule meetings with them, and reserve resources, such as conference rooms and equipment.
  - Editing the notes.ini file
    The Domino and Notes notes.ini files contain the settings required for the server and client to operate correctly. If you modify or add settings in a notes.ini file, do so cautiously and never edit the file directly with a text editor.
  - Configuring directory services
    This section describes how to plan, set up, and use HCL Domino® directory services.
  - Configuring messaging
    This section provides an overview of messaging and describes how to set up mail routing, how to set up and customize mail servers, and how to track mail.
  - Configuring Verse
    HCL Verse provides HCL Notes® users with browser-based access to Notes mail and to Notes calendar and scheduling features. Administrators specify mail policy and security policy settings as well as notes.ini file settings to complete the full implementation of HCL Verse.
  - Configuring Web servers
    This section describes how to set up the HCL Domino® Web server, and the Domino Web Navigator.
  - Setting up a cluster
    Setting up a cluster includes the tasks of creating and verifying that it is working correctly, and then setting up user access, mail, replications, size quotas, directory assistance, roaming, web navigation, and use of a private LAN in the cluster.
  - Configuring Widgets and Live Text
    Widgets and Live Text enables end users to see and act on Live Text in supported documents, including HCL Notes® mail, using XML extensions (widgets) created specifically for their use.
  - Domain Search
    Notes® client and Web users can use Domain Search to search an entire Domino® domain for database documents, files, and attachments that match a search query.

Domino IQ

Domino 14.5 brings an AI inference engine into the Domino backend.

The Domino server, when configured for Domino IQ, starts an inference engine from the Dbserver process. The AI engine runs locally, listening on the configured port alongside core Domino server processes - and handles AI queries locally within the Domino server.

With this feature, two new LotusScript classes, NotesLLMRequest and NotesLLMResponse, are available to send generative AI queries to a Domino server and retrieve responses back from the server.

Note: These classes are available only in Notes/Domino 14.5 Early Access Drop 2 and later. For more information, see the following topics in the Domino Designer documentation:

Requirements

The Domino IQ server needs a pre-trained data model known as a large language model (LLM) to be hosted on the Domino server's data directory. Currently the only way that each Domino IQ server can run the AI inference server is with a single LLM (model). These pre-trained data models must be in GGUF binary format, as described in this GGUF specification.

Starting in Early Access Drop 2 Refresh, Domino IQ server ships with NVIDIA CUDA-built AI inferencing server components that work only with Windows or Linux servers running with NVIDIA GPU hardware. Domino IQ server components are CUDA-enabled and built with the NVIDIA 12.x Toolkit, which specifies the compatible NVIDIA GPU drivers for Windows and Linux Domino servers.

The NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit Release Notes on the CUDA website details the minimum required OS NVIDIA driver versions needed to run Domino IQ server. See the table "CUDA Toolkit and Minimum Required Driver Version for CUDA Minor Version Compatibility" in the "CUDA Driver" section of that document.

The server requires a minimum of 4 CPUs and 8 GB RAM. We recommend NVIDIA GPU with a minimum of 8 GB memory and compute capability of 5.2 or above. On Windows servers, Domino IQ server is able to use both GPU memory and half of system RAM, which is treated as Shared RAM . Based on the size/number of parameters in the LLM model being used, the memory required for loading the model varies.