Overview - Client and Server Considerations
This topic describes configurations for DCE client machines, the different types of DCE server machines, DCE remote administration machines, and DCE Application Development Environment machines. A DCE client machine can run client code of every DCE service. DCE server machines are configured to run a certain set of the DCE software. A DCE server software package is made up of at least one daemon and, in some cases, one or more additional programs that comprise the server side of the DCE component. DCE server machines also run the DCE client software. DCE remote administration machines, which are client machines specially configured for remote server administration, contain certain administration programs in addition to the DCE client software. The DCE Application Development Environment configuration contains files (such as header files) needed by DCE application programmers, in addition to the DCE client software. For a list of all the files provided for a DCE component, see the OSF DCE Testing Guide.
When planning the configuration of your DCE clients and servers, remember space needs. A machine that has a particular configuration of the DCE software will need enough space for both the DCE software and the operating system software. See the OSF DCE Release Notes for detailed information on space requirements for the various DCE machine configurations.
The remaining subtopics are presented in the order in which you need to approach configuring DCE machines.