U s i n g t h e N I M a n a g e U t i l i t y
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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Hints to Running
NIManage
NIManage includes extensive help screens. The features of
this utility are not explicitly covered in this manual. However,
this section provides some information about the significance
of certain provisions and the ramifications of certain settings.
Startup
NIManage is started up like any Windows program. It first
checks the NetWare connectivity. Any problems with the
NetWare driver are immediately displayed. It then checks the
administrative level of the user and reports this on the screen.
If you do not have supervisor or administrator level
permissions on the file server to which you are attached,
NIManage access will be restricted to read-only access and
non state-changing tests. If you have supervisor level access,
you may modify the setup of any accessible print server.
Select Device
The program then prompts you to select a print server NIC
(NIC) to be accessed from a list of compatible print servers.
The print servers are listed by their SAP identification string
derived from their serial number. The identification string
appear in the form XRX_123456. You can find this
identification name on the Print Server status sheet. Since this
list is derived from the SAP broadcasts of each unit, even
units that are not installed as NetWare print servers will
appear.
Show Detail
will access the highlighted unit to obtain print
server characteristics including assigned name and firmware
revision.
Show All
will access all units on a network with
many compatible print servers.
Show All
may take a long
time to complete. If the print server has not been assigned a
new name, its default name is not displayed.
A print server is selected by double-clicking on the
corresponding entry, or by highlighting the entry and clicking
on
OK
. When it is accessed, a product description string is
displayed. Click on
OK
. After a print server device has been
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