Installing an NFM-P single-user GUI client

Description

The following procedures describe single-user GUI client installation in a standalone or redundant NFM-P system. You must comply with the general requirements in Installing the NFM-P, and any specific requirements in this section, before you attempt to deploy a single-user GUI client.

Supported deployments

You can install multiple single-user GUI clients on one station, or on separate stations. The multiple clients installed on one station can be at various releases and associated with the different NFM-P systems.

You can also configure one single-user client to connect to multiple NFM-P systems. For information, see To configure a GUI client login form to list multiple NFM-P systems.

Platform requirements

Single-user GUI client installation is supported on the following platforms:

See the NSP Planning Guide for OS-version support information.

Common to all OS

The following are the security requirements for single-user client deployment:

Note: Single-user client deployment requires a supported web browser on the client station. See the NSP Planning Guide for browser support information.

Mac OS

See the NSP Planning Guide for the Mac OS single-user client deployment requirements.

Microsoft Windows

See the NSP Planning Guide for the Microsoft Windows single-user client deployment requirements.

RHEL

A RHEL single-user GUI client station must have:

Optionally, for greater system security, you can remove the world permissions from RHEL compiler executable files; see Resetting GCC-compiler file permissions for information.

Note: The Bash shell is the supported command shell for RHEL CLI operations.