Summary

Everything you need to know about getting Tachyon Platform installed and running in your network. This section is structured in a way that leads you through the three phases of a typical implementation project.

• Design, including requirements
• Install, including preparation
• Verify

In this section...

Design Considerations

Information that will help you design and plan implementing Tachyon in your organization.

Requirements

Information that will help you design and plan the implementation of Tachyon in your organization. This includes all the prerequisites and dependencies, which are necessary to install Tachyon.

• Server sizing — Guidance for implementing Tachyon Platform for on-premises, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft Azure cloud platforms.
• Supported Platforms — A list of all the platforms supported by Tachyon, and the software required to allow Tachyon to be installed or to work.
• 1E Companion Products — A list of the feature dependencies between Tachyon and other 1E companion products.
• Communication Ports — Diagrams and tables with all the external Tachyon communication ports. Useful, if needed, for network and device firewalls.

Preparation

What you will need to prepare in advance of implementing a Tachyon Server in your network. Typically, these are tasks that may take some time to organize, depending on how your organization works. A more complete checklist of tasks is provided in Requirements.

Installing Tachyon Platform

How to set up Tachyon Platform servers.

• Tachyon Setup — Using the Tachyon Setup wizard to check prerequisites, configure, install and verify Tachyon Server, install Tachyon applications, and perform various maintenance tasks.
• Tachyon Server post-installation tasks — Post-installation tasks, which include verification checks and mandatory and optional configuration tasks.
• Implementing a Tachyon DMZ Server — The process for installing a Tachyon DMZ Server to support Internet-facing Tachyon clients.
• Deploying Tachyon clients — Tachyon client features are provided by the 1E Client, which also provides client modules for Nomad, PXE Everywhere, Shopping/WSA, and WakeUp.
• Uninstalling Tachyon Platform — How to tidy up after uninstalling Tachyon. Follow these recommendations if you want to reinstall Tachyon instead of upgrading.
• Tachyon Product Pack deployment tool — A description of the Tachyon Product Pack deployment tool.

Upgrading to Tachyon Platform

Guidance for upgrading Tachyon, SLA, and ActiveEfficiency platforms to Tachyon Platform.

• Upgrading to 1E Client — Guidance for upgrading Tachyon and other legacy 1E agents to 1E Client. This page contains detailed steps for upgrading Tachyon Agent and a summary of considerations for upgrading other legacy agents. The 1E Client contains clients for 1E products and solutions, and their upgrade documentation should be consulted before upgrading their clients and agents.

Verifying

Basic verification tests that cover a single-server installation of Tachyon Server. These tests only cover Tachyon and do not verify the configuration of 1E client modules with other 1E products.