Connecting to Other Messaging Systems

Prepare Your Environment

Before you install a connector to the partner system or Calendar Connector, you must first prepare your environment by checking system requirements and understanding implementation considerations.

To prepare your environment for a partner system:

  1. Check the system requirements.

    Network Requirements

    The following are required on the LAN:
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
    • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server with Service Pack 1 - Enterprise Edition
    • 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM on the computer running Calendar Connector

    Note   On at least one Exchange server that contains a free and busy public folder replica for the administration group, you must install Calendar Connector.

    Lotus Notes Support

    The following are required on the LAN:
    • Lotus Notes Client for Windows NT, version 4.6 or later
    • A network connection to Lotus Domino Server, version 4.5 or later
    • Lotus Notes E-Mail Addressing Component, which is installed by default when you install the Connector for Lotus Notes

    Novell GroupWise Support

    The following are required on the LAN:
    • Gateway and Client services for NetWare or Novell NetWare Client 32 (to enable mapping to a NetWare server)
    • An Exchange connector for Novell GroupWise, which is used to perform directory synchronization between the two systems
    • Novell GroupWise E-Mail Addressing Component, which is installed by default when you install a connector for Novell GroupWise

    Administrator Account Permissions

    You must have the following permissions to install and administer Calendar Connector:
    • Schema Administrator and Exchange Administrator permissions to install the first Calendar Connector in your organization, because you will be modifying the Active Directory schema to add new classes and attributes required by Calendar Connector
    • Exchange Administrator permissions to install Calendar Connector on additional Exchange servers
    • Windows 2000 Administrator permissions on the server where you are installing Calendar Connector
  2. Check the Lotus Notes requirements.

    Server Requirements

    The system requirements for running Lotus Notes are the same as those for a connector for Lotus Notes.
    • You must have Lotus Domino Server version 4.5 or later, installed on the Intel platform only.
    • If you are using Lotus Domino Server version 4.5 or later on non-Intel platform, you must use another Intel Lotus Domino server as a bridgehead calendar server.
    • If you install the Calendar Connector on the same computer as the Connector for Lotus Notes, you can use the same ID file.
  3. Check the Novell GroupWise requirements.

    Server Requirements

    The server requirements for running Novell GroupWise are the same as those for a connector for GroupWise:
    • Novell Netware version 3.0 or later
    • GroupWise version 4.1 API Gateway, NLM version only
    • Novell Netware Administrator
    • Novell GroupWise Server, version 4.x or 5.x
    • To support mail connectivity, you will need the Simple Mail Transfer protocol (SMTP) gateway (for GroupWise 4.x-5.1) or the Internet Agent (for GroupWise 5.2-5.x)
  4. Understand implementation considerations.

Note   You do not need to install any additional software to administer Calendar Connector remotely. You can administer the connector locally or remotely using Microsoft Exchange System Manager.