Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Installation Guide - Manual (Page 28)

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Windows Vista cannot be used to host an application server with remote clients.
Set up the Windows domain or workgroup
The number of computers participating in a FactoryTalk View SE network application
determines whether the computers can belong to a Windows domain or a workgroup.
Workgroups can be used only in applications that include 10 or fewer computers. Do not
use Windows Workgroups with more than 10 computers, a Windows domain is
recommended in that case.
For more information about setting up domains and workgroups, see the document,
FactoryTalk View SE Distributed System Design Considerations, attached to Rockwell
Automation Knowledgebase Answer ID 32549.
 A domain controller makes it possible to administer the network and user accounts
from a central location. FactoryTalk Security, which manages centralized security
services, supports Windows-linked accounts that are managed and authenticated by
the Windows operating system, but have separate permissions for accessing the
automation system.
 Name resolution is required for the computers to communicate with each other on the
network.
 All computers participating in a single FactoryTalk system must be members of the
same Windows domain.
 Do not locate the domain controller on the same computer as any FactoryTalk
software. Microsoft recommends against third party software being installed on a
domain controller.
Domain controller requirements
For network applications consisting of more than 10 computers, the use of a domain
controller is recommended.
The following domain controllers are supported:
 Windows Server 2012 (Standard Edition)
 Windows Server 2012 R2 (Standard Edition)
 Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (Standard Edition)
Do not run the primary and secondary servers in a redundant server pair on the computers that
have different operating systems. For example, do not run the primary server on a Windows
Server 2003 computer and the secondary server on a Windows 2008 Server computer.
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