Hardware Vendor Checklist For the First Resort Internet Online Booking Interface 

To be completed prior to installation. Please fax this to your Hardware Vendor Immediately.   

IMPORTANT: We DO NOT RECOMMEND installing IOI on your main file server! 

1. 1. ___Obtain and install a stand-alone (not PDC or BDC) Dedicated Internet Server Computer¹.  Please use the following requirements when looking for a server.  
   *Please note that this is not a file server, nor will it be replacing you file server.
   ¹ We ask that you only run IIS and the First Resort interface on the web server.  Non-compliance may result in poor performance.  There can be any number of applications running on the server that will interfere with the performance, i.e. proxy server, exchange server, server monitoring tools, other First Resort interfaces.

   NT Web Server Requirements* 

   Hardware

   Software

   Pentium II 266 or better Windows NT 4.0 - Minimum 64 MB of RAM (128 MB of RAM recommended), Windows 2000 Server - Minimum 128 MB of RAM (256 MB of RAM recommended) Any size hard disk Color SVGA Monitor CD-ROM drive Floppy drive TCP/IP compatible network card UPS Keyboard and mouse Back-up device (Jaz, Zip, CD-R or Tape)

   Windows NT Server* 4.0 with Service Pack 6a or Windows 2000 Server.   For Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT 4.0-Option Pack  PC Anywhere 32 8.0 or greater Proper network clients and protocols to connect to your file server Back-up Software load most recent patches (see #8 below) Optional Web Security through Microsoft's Certificate Server (part of NT's Option Pack) * We recommend server because it has an FTP services included.

   * These requirements are very minimum.  Depending on how many properties you have, you may need either more processing power, more RAM or both.

2. ____ Obtain and install proper internet connectivity equipment: CSU/DSU, Router and Transceiver (if applicable); ISDN modem; or DSL modem  (Any way allow your web server to have a static external IP Address).
3. ____ Enable TCP/IP on the internet server 
4. ____ Install Software/Configure Hardware required to run the scripts in the following order:
5.  
   1. NTFS partition required (not FAT)
   2. Option Pack for Microsoft NT 4.0 (IIS 4.0) 
   3. Service Pack 6a or greater for NT .  
   4. PC Anywhere
   5. JScript 5 Update (Obtained from http://support.firstres.com/First Resort/support/public/onlinebooking/PreInstall.asp)
6. ____ Configuring SSL is strongly recommended. For Information on Web Security, go to Online Booking Interface Web Security
7. ____  Securing your Web Server with a firewall is also strongly recommended.  
8. ____ Load the most recent patches to guard against harmful viruses.  Go to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/current.asp to locate the patch relevant to your Microsoft product and service pack.  It is strongly recommended to subscribe to Microsoft's security bulletin as well (located on this site) for current updates on patches.
9. ____ Setup your NT Server:
   1. Login to the NT server as Administrator
   2. Create C:\accounts\www. This directory must have “Change” rights assigned to IUSR_computername and IWAM_computername.
   3. ____ Create a new NT Server User with the same login name and password as exists on the Novell side, mapped to F:\Accounts (or to whichever drive the accounts directory resides.) Otherwise, log in as administrator, then map to F:\accounts. When the “connect as” box appears, type in the Novell user name (“First ResortINET”) and password. 
   4. ____ Edit the config.nt file on your NT or Windows 2000 Server (found in %SystemRoot%/system32) and make sure Files=40
   5. Setup a user (i.e. First Resortftp) for First Resort to use through FTP and PC Anywhere.  This can be done through the user manager.  Make sure this user has local login rights (for FTP).
10. ____ Follow the directions at this link for setting up your web service: http://support.firstres.com/First Resort/support/public/onlineBooking/IISSetup.asp
11. ____ Test (and install if necessary) PCAnywhere for Windows32 v.8.x or higher (Symantec provides a 30-day trial version that can be downloaded from their web site if necessary.)  Make sure that one can access the web server through PC Anywhere outside of your network (firewall or proxy may prevent use of PC Anywhere TCP/IP.)  Check Symantec's Site for using PC Anywhere through firewalls. For security, use NT authentication and the same account setup in 6.e.
12. ____ Upon successful testing of PC Anywhere, load it into host mode on NT Server.  Provide the username, password and if necessary, the domain to your First Resort Installation Technician. 
13. ____ Contact First Resort to ftp the standard IOI scripts over to the new server. 
14. ____ Test settings and scripts with First Resort. Once tests are successful, installation is considered COMPLETE regardless of when you, the client decides to go “live” with the system.

NOTE: To insure a smooth installation, please make sure all these steps are completed in full!