Dispatcher Paragon Management Server pre-installation check list

Following features has to be installed and available on the server for Dispatcher Paragon Management Server installation

  • To see list of supported platforms, please visit Software requirements page.

  • No Web server may be installed on the computer. (If installed, it must not listen on TCP port 80).

  • The latest version of web browser shall be installed (IE, Chrome or Firefox).

  • No other software shall be installed, except as agreed by Konica Minolta.

  • IP addresses for the local Dispatcher Paragon Management Servers are prepared before the installation of MFDs and terminals.

  • Dedicated shared folder accessible from all Dispatcher Paragon Management Server nodes is set up and reachable from all Dispatcher Paragon Management Server nodes (necessary for installation from network folder).

  • Management Servers (all nodes of the clusters) meets minimum requirements. See Hardware requirements for details.

  • Latest security patches installed on operating system.

  • See Antivirus Exclusions for Dispatcher Paragon page to make sure system performance is not affected by Antivirus software.

  • There is no other software that can interfere with Dispatcher Paragon installed on the servers, especially database (unless it is intended for Dispatcher Paragon), or other print solution, except as specified in this document.

  • For automated/silent installation, the Konica Minolta, Inc. codesigning CA (ysoft-codesigning.cer) certificate needs to be present in the system. See Installing Security Certificates for more details.

  • Administrator rights are required in order to perform the installation.

  • "LPD service" not installed in case "Print Server" role is used.

External user source for replication (LDAP) requirements

  • Primary LDAP server IP address

  • Domain name(s)

  • DN of container(s) with users

  • LDAP contains user login information

  • LDAP contains user name and surname information

  • Department number is available in following attribute

  • Card numbers are available in following attribute

  • Unique user ID is available in following attribute

  • User email addresses are available in LDAP

  • Data replication from LDAP to Dispatcher Paragon is preferred. Frequency of replication is configurable (for example: full replication is executed once a day, and differential replication is executed each hour).

  • Administrator will be available to provide LDAP server access credentials. User account with 'list all records' and 'read attributes' credentials must be available as integration account for Dispatcher Paragon.

Network communication overview

For proper functionality of the Dispatcher Paragon environment following ports have to be opened on the server side. Visit the Network Communication page for more details.