In order to change the performance of your capacity model, you can add front-end Web servers to your SharePoint (MOSS) farm. Adding such servers to a SharePoint deployment is a multi-step process, so please use the following procedure to ensure that the new server is completely configured.
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You can only add servers to the central SharePoint (MOSS) farm. If you attempt to add servers to a branch office, the simulator will not run. |
When adding a server, you can apply a hardware configuration used by another server in the capacity model to easily standardize hardware in the capacity model. A hardware configuration used by another server resembles SiteName\ServerName. After you add a server, you should connect the server to the site's LAN and configure its server role.
To add a Web server to a SharePoint (MOSS) farm
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Define the server.
- Navigate to the Site Topology view of your SharePoint
(MOSS) farm.
- In the Current View Actions pane, click Add a
server.
- Enter a server name.
- Type or select the amount of memory that the server has. Use at
least 4 GB (at least 8 GB is recommended).
- Select a computer configuration, and then click OK.
- Navigate to the Site Topology view of your SharePoint
(MOSS) farm.
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Edit the server role.
- In the Site Topology view, click the new server, and
then click Edit server role.
- In Select usage profile, click Server Background
Loads.
- In Server role, select Web Front End.
- In Service configuration, in the left box, click
Database server, and then in the right box, select the
appropriate server.
- In Service configuration, in the left box, click
Search service, and then in the right box, select the
appropriate servers.
- In Storage configuration, in the left box, click File
System, and then in the right box, select an available
configuration.
- Click OK.
- In the Site Topology view, click the new server, and
then click Edit server role.
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Connect the server to the site.
- In the Site Topology view, click the new server, and
then click Connect server to LAN.
- In To Network, select Internal LAN.
- In Bandwidth, select the appropriate network
bandwidth.
- To finish, click OK.
- In the Site Topology view, click the new server, and
then click Connect server to LAN.