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first 1200 file servers located will be listed. Therefore, if
there are more than 1200 file servers accessed and the
desired one is not listed, the name should be typed in.
The ability to define a
Preferred File Server
is useful in
large systems where the NIC file-server-search process is
time consuming, and in systems where the file server to
be serviced is beyond the 4-hop/8 tick search radius.
Once the NIC attaches to the preferred file server, it will
start the search process for other file servers unless the
preferred file server has been set up as a primary file
server.
A primary file server is one which contains a file
indicating the file servers to be serviced by the print
server. If a NIC locates such a file (either in a preferred
file server or in a file server found via a search), the NIC
will attach directly to the listed file server(s) (and only the
listed file servers), and will not search for any others. The
combination of preferred and primary file servers is
effective in minimizing the time for a NIC to come up on a
Novell network. The preferred and primary file server
concepts are applicable only to bindery-based systems
and will have no effect on NDS setup.
Password
The password can be assigned here, and
must be used consistently in all file servers or contexts in
which the print server is installed.
Ethernet Frame Type
If the subject NIC is an Ethernet
card, part of its startup is an automatic search to
determine the frame type used for NetWare on the
subject LAN. It will sequentially try 802.3, Ethernet II,
and so on until it finds a NetWare frame type in use, and
will then lock onto that frame type. If the network has
multiple frame types being used, setting this parameter to
the desired frame type will cause the search to start with
the selected frame type. If that frame type is found, there
is no search.
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