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This section describes how to plan for, install, configure, operate, and manage the SafeLinx Server.
Installation planning
Before you install HCL SafeLinx, verify that you meet the hardware and software requirements, and that the network connections that you want to use are available.
System requirements
Review the system requirements for using HCL SafeLinx.

Administering
This section describes how to plan for, install, configure, operate, and manage the SafeLinx Server.
- Overview
  HCL SafeLinx uses standards-based protocols to enable secure access from mobile computing devices outside the firewall to business applications and data on your organization's internal network.
- Security
  HCL SafeLinx includes a range of options for configuring the security of your network, applications, and data.
- Installation planning
  Before you install HCL SafeLinx, verify that you meet the hardware and software requirements, and that the network connections that you want to use are available.
  - Installation checklist
    The installation checklist provides an overview of the installation process so that you can verify that you are ready to install HCL SafeLinx.
  - System requirements
    Review the system requirements for using HCL SafeLinx.
  - Your network
    Before you install the SafeLinx Server, assess your administration, network, and capacity needs.
  - Upgrades from earlier HCL SafeLinx environments
    HCL SafeLinx 1.0.0 supports being installed on a previous release.
- Installing and initial configuration
  Initial configuration and installation of HCL SafeLinx varies based on your operating system.
- Adding and configuring resources
  After you complete the installation and initial configuration, continue to prepare the deployment by configuring other network resources.
- Administering
  The SafeLinx Administrator administration client is the primary tool for viewing, adding, configuring, and managing HCL SafeLinx resources. Along with the SafeLinx Administrator, you can use the HCL SafeLinx Monitor to view information about packet flow through the SafeLinx Server. You can also use a set of command line tools to perform common SafeLinx Server tasks.
- Programming reference
  There are several programming considerations of which you might want to take advantage.
- Database schema information
  HCL SafeLinx uses a DB2, Oracle, or SQL database to store tables of information about current and past activity of SafeLinx Server sessions. The following tables are created and accessed by using the qualifier name wg for DB2 installations.

System requirements

Review the system requirements for using HCL SafeLinx.

Before you install HCL SafeLinx, review the hardware and software requirements to ensure that you have the supported versions of prerequisite and corequisite software and the required hardware. See the detailed system requirements document at the following URL: HCL SafeLinx 1.1 System Requirements.

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