This section describes the AIX Fast Connect for Windows packaging images and installation requirements.
Fast Connect packaging includes the following images:
| Image | Description |
|---|---|
| cifs.base | Fast Connect Server Utilities |
| cifs.msg | Fast Connect Server Messages |
| cifs.basic or cifs.advanced |
Fast Connect Server (Windows only)
Fast Connect Advanced Server (Windows and OS2) |
These images contain the following filesets:
| Image | Fileset | Fileset Description |
|---|---|---|
| cifs.base | cifs.base.websm cifs.base.smit cifs.base.cmd |
Fast Connect Web-based System Manager support Fast Connect SMIT support Fast Connect commands |
| cifs.msg | cifs.msg | Fast Connect Server messages (language is indicated by the fileset extension) |
| cifs.basic | cifs.basic.rte | Fast Connect Server files (Windows only) |
| cifs.advanced | cifs.advanced.rte | Fast Connect Advanced Server files (Windows and OS2) |
AIX Fast Connect for Windows is installed on AIX Version 4.3.2 or higher. It requires that the following filesets are already installed and configured:
Also, AIX Version 4.3.2 IX85388 is required for sendfile API support.
In addition to these software requirements, Fast Connect requires approximately 50 MB of additional disk space. For further details, see the AIX Version 4.3 Installation Guide.
Once the installation is complete, the following files appear on the system:
| File | Type | Path | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| cifsServer | binary | /usr/sbin | Fast Connect Server daemon |
| cifsServerAdv | binary | /usr/sbin | Fast Connect Advanced Server daemon |
| cifsPrintServer | binary | /usr/sbin | Fast Connect Print File Server daemon |
| net | binary | /usr/sbin | Fast Connect administration command |
| rc.cifs | Script | /etc | Fast Connect start/stop shell script for inittab |
| cifsConfig | ASCII | /etc/cifs | Fast Connect configuration file |
| cifsPasswd | ASCII | /etc/cifs | Fast Connect user configuration file |
| README | ASCII | /etc/cifs | Additional documentation for Fast Connect |
| cifsLog | ASCII | /var/cifs | Fast Connect log file |
| cifsTrace* | ASCII | /var/cifs | Fast Connect trace file |
| sm_smb.cat | Message catalog | /usr/lib/nls/msg | Fast Connect message catalog (language indicated in file name extension) |
Note: The cifsTrace file does not appear on the system once the installation is completed.