Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:802px; height:1097px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1097px; width:802px' class='img'> <img src="pg0002im.png" height = "1097 width = "802" border="0"> </span> <span class='nav' style='left: 10px; top: 10px'><pre></pre></span><span name = "INTRA" style='top:94px; left:92px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Novell:Overview</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:247px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the network once, using one password.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:247px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>administration by providing a single</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:247px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>work and allows for construction of a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:259px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>They are then given seamless access to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:259px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>point of administration for an entire</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:259px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>system where failure, maintenance of a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:271px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>all the network resources they are auth </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:271px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>enterprise. Each network resource has</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:271px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>file server, or temporary loss of a com </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:283px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>orised to use. Access to resources after</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:283px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>an exclusive global identity, requiring</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:283px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>munications link need not affect oper </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:295px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>initial login is handled automatically</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:295px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>resources to be created only once for</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:295px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>ations.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:307px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>through background authentication </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:307px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the entire network. For example, al </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:319px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>users are never asked for another pass </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:319px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>though a user may need access to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:321px; left:511px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Extensibility</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:331px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>word and are unaware that authentica </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:331px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>multiple servers, only one user ID is</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:343px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>tion is taking place.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:343px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>required for the entire network. The</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:343px; left:525px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>The directory schema regulates the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:355px; left:135px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>With NDS, user login is the same no</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:355px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>result is lower network administration</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:355px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>structure of an NDS directory tree. The</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:367px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>matter where an individual is physi </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:367px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>costs.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:367px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>schema is a rules system that defines</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:379px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>cally located on the network. NDS</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:379px; left:330px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>NDS also allows for freedom of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:379px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>how the NDS directory tree is struc </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:391px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>allows users to access the network</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:391px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>management. In many organisations, it</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:391px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>tured. The schema determines what</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:403px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>from any geographic location and have</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:403px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>is desirable to centralise management</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:403px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>objects are defined, what attributes can</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:415px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>a consistent view of the network re </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:415px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>and administration services that reach</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:415px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>be associated with objects, what</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:427px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>gardless of which workstation they use</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:427px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>across departmental boundaries. In</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:427px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>properties objects inherit, and what po </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:439px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>to log in from.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:439px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>other cases, administration may be</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:439px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>sitions objects occupy in the directory</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:451px; left:135px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>The hierarchical database structure</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:451px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>delegated to the department or work </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:451px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>tree.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:463px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>of the NDS design reduces network</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:463px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>group level. NDS supports both cen </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:463px; left:525px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>The NDS schema is extensible,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:475px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>traffic and makes user searches and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:475px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>tralised and distributed administration</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:475px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>which allows administrators to modify</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:487px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>operations fast and efficient. Users can</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:487px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>operations, giving organisations the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:487px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the base schema supplied with Net </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:499px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>find a required network resource by</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:499px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>power to determine which method of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:499px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Ware and customise NDS to fit their</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:511px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>searching or browsing the tree with</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:511px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>administration works best for them.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:511px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>needs. For example, a user object can</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:523px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Novell or third party utilities.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:523px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>be extended to include a social security</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:537px; left:316px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Distribution</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:535px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>number or an emergency contact name</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:549px; left:121px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Powerful Administration</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:547px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>and telephone number. </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:559px; left:330px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>NDS is a distributed database that is</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:559px; left:525px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Independent software vendors</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:571px; left:135px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>A recent Gartner Group study</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:571px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>fully replicated to provide fault toler </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:571px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>(ISVs) and administrators can integrate</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:583px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>found that 73% of the total cost of own </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:583px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>ant login and administration from any </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:583px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>new services into the network by ex </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:595px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>ing a network is incurred in adminis </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:595px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>where on the network. By breaking the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:595px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>tending the NDS schema and adding</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:607px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>tration costs. NDS provides</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:607px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>NDS database into managable pieces</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:607px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>new objects. For example, an ISV can</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:619px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>sophisticated but easily managed ad </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:619px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>(partitioning) and distributing it across</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:619px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>add fax server functionality to the net </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:631px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>ministration that helps reduce the cost</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:631px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the network, fault tolerance is pro </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:631px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>work by adding a fax server object to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:643px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>of managing a network. NDS allows</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:643px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>vided. In addition, NDS data can be</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:643px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the NDS tree.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:655px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>administrators to manage the entire</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:655px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>placed close to the users who need it,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:667px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>network from a single location, with a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:667px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>thereby ensuring optimal performance</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:669px; left:511px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Flexibility</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:679px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>single graphical user interface (GUI)</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:679px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>when accessing the network.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:691px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>administration utility.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:691px; left:330px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>NDS partitions are copied or repli </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:691px; left:525px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Because organisations are always in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:703px; left:135px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Without a directory service, admin </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:703px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>cated across the entire network as</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:703px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>a constant state of change, NDS was</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:715px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>istrators are often required to perform</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:715px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>many times as necessary. If a primary</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:715px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>designed to be very flexible, allowing a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:727px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the same operations multiple times,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:727px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>partition is lost, the network recon </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:727px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>company's directory tree to change as</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:739px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>either for each user or for each server.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:739px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>figures itself to use a backup copy. This</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:739px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the organisation changes. Individual</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:751px; left:121px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>NDS eliminates the need for redundant</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:751px; left:316px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>further increases reliability of the net </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:751px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>objects, groups of objects, or entire</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:763px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>branches of the directory tree can be</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:775px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>moved to different locations in the tree</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:787px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>with a simple drag and drop. Moving</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:799px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>objects with name services such as the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:794px; left:145px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>"NDS helps users and administrators</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:811px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>NetWare 3 bindery or NT Server's Do </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:823px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>main Name Service requires adminis </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:818px; left:150px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>become more efficient, by making the</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:835px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>trators to completely delete and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:847px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>recreate the object in the new location.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:843px; left:146px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>network easier to access and manage. </i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:871px; left:525px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>NDS also allows the merging of two</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:868px; left:154px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>This ease of use and administration </i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:883px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>separate directory trees into one. This</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:895px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>allows separate NetWare 4 networks to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:893px; left:166px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>also significantly lowers the cost </i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:907px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>be easily combined into one enterprise </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:919px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>wide network. In addition, merging</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:918px; left:212px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>of owning a network."</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:931px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>trees gives organisations the ability to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:943px; left:511px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>implement separate NDS trees by de </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:990px; left:96px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>File: N0492.2</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:990px; left:577px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Issue 81 (March 1997) page 10</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:988px; left:304px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>PC Network Advisor</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre><a href='page0001.htm'><</a> Next page <a href='page0003.htm'>></a></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>