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C o n f i g u r i n g N e t W a r e 2 . 1 5 a n d 3 . 1 x
C h a p t e r 3 : N e t W a r e C o n f i g u r a t i o n
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3-11
Install the Print
Server on Multiple
File Servers
When the NIC comes up, it automatically searches for and
attaches to the file servers that are no more than four hops
and have no more than eight ticks propagation delay. For
extremely large or complex networks, this allows a bounded
search time on start-up. If the print server must attach to file
servers beyond this range, or, if you wish to accelerate
start-up by eliminating the need to search all file servers in
the four hops/eight ticks radius, the file servers with which
the print server is to operate may be entered into the Print
Server Configuration of a
primary
file server. The primary
file server can be any file server within the four hops/eight
ticks propagation time limits, but ideally is as close as
possible to the print server. Once the print server locates the
primary file server and the list of file servers to be serviced,
the automatic search is dropped and the print server will go
directly to those file servers listed (and to no others).
The NIManage for Windows program also allows the operator
to identify a preferred file server, which is identified within
the NIC itself. If a preferred file server is listed, the NIC will
first attach to this identified file server before initiating the
automatic search. If the preferred file server is also a primary
file server (for example, has file servers listed under file
servers to be serviced), the NIC will connect directly to these
file servers and will bypass any automatic search.
Installing the
Printer on
Multiple File
Servers
To install the print server on more than one file server,
perform the procedures for each file server. You must use the
same name and password for the print server (or no
password) on all file servers. You set the password for the NIC
using the NIManage program. Refer to
Configuring the NIC
in NetWare Directory Services
(page 3-17). If
you use a
password, specify it on each file server using the
Change
Password
option on the Print Server Information menu of the
PCONSOLE utility.
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