This redbook describes the CID (Configuration, Installation and Distribution) enablement of OS/2 Warp 4 with all its subcomponents. It is also a handbook that provides step-by-step guidance in all phases of the usage and administration of the OS/2 base operating system, such as SEINST and the CLIFI (Command Line Interface Feature Installer, introduced with OS/2 Warp 4 for the first time), its subcomponents and main OS/2 products for the implementation of CID in an OS/2 LAN environment using LCU (LAN CID Utility), NetView DM/2 or TME 10 SD 3.1.3.

This document is intended for workstation specialists and system technical personnel responsible for mass distribution of OS/2 products in an OS/2 Warp 4 LAN. Some knowledge of LAN redirection principles and TCP/IP is assumed. This redbook solely focuses on OS/2 Warp 4. If CID-related information is needed for previous OS/2 versions, such as OS/2 Warp Connect or even OS/2 V2.11, or about software distribution techniques other than those mentioned above, you need to obtain the redbook titled OS/2 Installation Techniques: The CID Guide, SG24-4295.

This redbook gives a broad understanding of a new features introduced with OS/2 Warp 4 that were not available with previous OS/2 versions. It is essential to know about these new features, such as Feature Installer (FI), to successfully make use of them and distribute OS/2 Warp 4.