About This Guide

This guide provides instructions for installing Oracle Communications IP Service Activator components and modules using the Oracle Universal Installer.

Audience

This guide is intended for network administrators and equipment planners. Readers should be familiar with the following topics:

  • Solaris or Linux and its commands

  • Oracle Database

  • Installing and configuring software on Unix and Windows environments

  • A text editor such as vi

Example commands are shown in Bourne shell syntax. This is the recommended shell for the Oracle user and is the syntax used in the template files supplied with IP Service Activator. The Bourne shell is included with all UNIX systems.

Before choosing the hardware configuration to host IP Service Activator, see "Planning an IP Service Activator Installation" for engineering guidelines and information about preparing for an IP Service Activator install.

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The following text conventions are used in this document.

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