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7.1.7 Installing the Print Server on Multiple File Servers
To install the print server on more than one file server, perform the procedures
described in section
7.1.1 through section 7.1.6 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 Network Card using the MAP program (refer to section
7.4 on
page 112
). 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.
When the Network Card 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).
7.1.8 Primary File Server
To use the primary file server option, use the following procedure on a file server close
to the printer:
1. List the file servers to be serviced by the primary file server by
selecting File Server To Be Serviced option from the Print Server
Configuration Menu.
2. Press the INSERT key to display the Available File Servers list.
3. Select the name of each file server to be serviced and press the
ENTER key to add it to the File Servers To Be Serviced list.
4. When the list is complete, press the ESC key to return to the menu.
5. Install the Network Card on each of the primary file servers.
