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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 if each file server to be serviced and
press
to add it to the
File Servers To Be Serviced
list.
4. When the list is complete, press the
key to return to
the menu.
5. Install the NIC on each of the primary file servers.
Note
If you assign a preferred file server via NIManage or SNMP, the
print server on coming up will try to locate that file server without
doing any general search and, if listed as a print server device on
that file server, will remain attached to that file server.
If you have identified other file servers to be serviced for that
print server, and the appropriate file exists, the print server will
attempt to attach to each of the other file servers listed, up to the
maximum capacity of the print server.
If you assign a primary (preferred) file server and it contains no
additional file servers in its list (i.e., contains no file listing file
servers to be serviced), and the (preferred) file server is up, then
the NIC should stop after finding that file server and not perform
the general file server discovery process.
If the primary (preferred) file server is assigned and unavailable
(e.g., server down or the print server is not configured on the file
server, or due to network conditions, the file server was not
located), the Novell portion of the print server will sleep for 5 (or
so) minutes and then retry to establish the connection. Any other
protocols configured should run normally. This retry will continue
indefinitely; there will be no search.
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