N e t W a r e C o n f i g u r a t i o n
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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Configuring
the NIC in
NetWare
Directory
Services
NetWare Directory Services (NDS) offers a different, more
advanced approach to network management than previous
NetWare versions. Generally, it stores and tracks all network
objects. As a rule, all 4.
x
servers must have NDS loaded in
order to function. In this way, every NetWare 4.
x
server is a
Directory server, because it services named Directory objects
such as printers, print servers and print queues. With the
appropriate privileges, you can create a print server
object
,
which, once configured in its
context
(or location) on the
network, eliminates the cumbersome setup of print servers on
every
network server. NDS provides true
enterprise
networking based on a shared network database rather than
a individually defined physical sites. The result is greatly
improved print server setup and management.
NetWare 4.
x
also provides backward compatibility for 2.
x
, 3.
x
and 4.
x
print service in
Bindery
emulation.
Pre-4.
x
NetWare versions provide the same data found in the
DIB but the data is stored in the NetWare Bindery. The DIB
was designed with more flexible access, more specific
security, and, since it is distributed, it was designed to be
partitioned. The Directory uses an object-oriented structure
rather than the flat-file structure of the Bindery, and offers
network-oriented access, rather than server-oriented access
found in the Bindery.
The Directory is backward-compatible with the NetWare
Bindery through Bindery emulation mode. When Bindery
emulation is enabled, Directory Services will accept Bindery
requests and respond just as if a Bindery existed on the
NetWare server being accessed.
Note
The Directory Information Base (DIB) is used to store
information about servers and services, users, printers,
gateways, etc. It is a distributed database, allowing access to
data anywhere on the network wherever it is stored.
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