An essential part of installing and activating any NOS is configuring it for the network it's to support. In the following sections and steps, we will look at the processes that are used to configure a Windows Server system and a Linux system for some important settings and values.
Network configuration
Configuring the hostname
The hostname of a server (or any node on a network) identifies the node to a computer network in communication and access to other nodes and off-network devices and services. In effect, the hostname of a device is its nickname.
