Transcript A Closer Look at the Netware 6.5 Operating

Network+ Guide to Networks
Third Edition
Chapter 10:
Netware-Based Networking
Objectives:
Identify the advantages of using the NetWare
network operating system
Describe NetWare’s server hardware
requirements
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Objectives: (continued)
Understand NetWare’s file system and
directory structures
Plan for and perform a simple NetWare
server installation
Explain how NetWare supports multiple
clients and integrates with other network
operating systems
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Introduction to Netware
• First NetWare network operating system in
1983
• Several different versions of NetWare
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Introduction to Netware
(continued)
• Prior to 4.11 require the IPX/SPX protocol
suite
• 4.11, sometimes referred to as
intraNetWare
• Began supporting TCP/IP
• First version of NetWare to supply Internet-related
services
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Introduction to Netware
(continued)
• 1998, Novell released version 5.0
• Released versions 5.1 and 5.11
• Collectively, they are known as NetWare 5.x
• Novell’s first NOS wholly based on the IP protocol
• NetWare 6.x
• NetWare 6.5’s key features are discussed in the
following sections
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Why Choose Netware?
• Features NetWare of NOS:
• Multiple processors, multitasking, and symmetric
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multiprocessing
Flexible virtual and physical memory
eDirectory (formerly called NDS)
Simple, centralized management
Multiple, integrated Web development and
delivery services
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Why Choose Netware? (continued)
• Features NetWare of NOS (continued):
• Support for multiple modern protocols
• Excellent integration with other NOSs and support
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for many different clients
Remote client service
Built-in clustering services
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Why Choose Netware? (continued)
• Features NetWare of NOS (continued):
• Provisions for monitoring server performance,
automatic backups, and resource utilization
• File system specially designed to support highperformance, large-scale storage devices that are
accessible from multiple operating systems
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Why Choose Netware? (continued)
• NetWare version 6.5 enhancements
• iManager
• DirXML
• Capability for continuously backing up
• Server Consolidation Utility
• Popular open-source Web development tools
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Why Choose Netware? (continued)
• NetWare version 6.5 enhancements
(continued)
• Virtual Office
• Branch Office
• Nterprise Linux Services
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Netware Server Hardware
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Netware Server Hardware
(continued)
• Determine the optimal hardware
• How many clients will connect to the server?
• What kinds of applications will run on the server?
• Which and how many optional services will the
server provide?
• How much storage space will each user need?
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Netware Server Hardware
(continued)
• Determine the optimal hardware
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• How much downtime is acceptable?
• What can your organization afford?
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A Closer Look at the Netware
6.5 Operating System
• NetWare Integrated Kernel
• Responsible for overseeing all critical server
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processes
It manages multiprocessing,multitasking, and
access to the server’s interrupts, memory, and I/O
functions
NetWare 6.5 takes advantage of symmetric
multiprocessing
NLMs (NetWare loadable modules)
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A Closer Look at the Netware 6.5
Operating System (continued)
• NetWare Integrated Kernel (continued)
• Console
• Monitor
• ConsoleOne
• X Server
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A Closer Look at the Netware 6.5
Operating System (continued)
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A Closer Look at the Netware 6.5
Operating System (continued)
• NetWare Integrated Kernel (continued)
• Remote Manager
• Access console commands through a Web browser
on another computer on the network
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A Closer Look at the Netware 6.5
Operating System (continued)
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A Closer Look at the Netware 6.5
Operating System (continued)
• NetWare File System
• NSS (Novell Storage Services)
• A 64-bit interface, which results in fast data access
• Files or directories as large as 8 Terabytes (TB)
• Up to a trillion files in a single directory
• File compression (enabled by default)
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A Closer Look at the Netware 6.5
Operating System (continued)
• NetWare File System
• NSS (Novell Storage Services)
• The ability to set user and directory space
restrictions
• Advanced fault-tolerance techniques
• Efficient use of memory
• Browser-based volume management
• The ability to split volumes over multiple storage
devices
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A Closer Look at the Netware 6.5
Operating System (continued)
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Operating System (continued)
• eDirectory
• NetWare 6.5’s directory database
• System for organizing and managing multiple
servers and their resources
• Similar to Active Directory in Windows Server
2003
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Operating System (continued)
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Operating System (continued)
• eDirectory
• Schema
• Base schema
• Extended schema
• Trees and Organizational Units
• Tree object
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Operating System (continued)
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A Closer Look at the Netware 6.5
Operating System (continued)
• eDirectory
• Naming Conventions
• Context
• Typeful
• Typeless
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Planning for Installation
• Critical pre-installation decisions
• Where does the server fit in the eDirectory tree?
• What name will the server have?
• How many and what kinds of network adapter
cards will the server use?
• What protocols and network services should the
server use?
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Planning for Installation
(continued)
• Critical pre-installation decisions
(continued)
• What will the Administrator password be?
• What kind of disk controllers does the server
have?
• How many, how large, and what kind of volumes
will the server require?
• What server pattern, or type, will the server be?
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Planning for Installation
(continued)
• Critical pre-installation decisions
(continued)
• What kind of license do I have?
• How can I remember all of this information?
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server
• The Installation Process
• Text-based
• Select your language.
• Select regional settings.
• Accept the Novell Software License Agreement
• Default or Manual installation
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
• The Installation Process
• Text-based (continued)
• Prepare the boot partition
• If you have chosen the Default installation, accept
default selections of a 4 GB SYS volume, and auto
discovery of LAN, disk, and video drivers.
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
• The Installation Process
• GUI-based
• Choose a pattern, or select the type of server you
are installing.
• If you selected a Customized NetWare Server,
select the components you want to install.
• Review the details of the server you’re about to
install.
• Choose to copy files.
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
• The Installation Process
• Set up the server
• Name the server.
• Enable cryptography.
• Specify the network protocols for each network
adapter, and in the case of TCP/IP, specify the
server’s IP addressing information.
• Enter the server’s host and domain name.
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
• The Installation Process
• Set up the server (continued)
• Set the server time zone.
• Select whether to create a new eDirectory tree or
add the server to an existing eDirectory tree.
• Enter eDirectory information (and if desired, create
organizational units).
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
• The Installation Process
• Set up the server (continued)
• Choose an Administrator ID and password.
• License the NetWare server.
• Select the login method, or any additional means of
authenticating with an eDirectory tree (other than
the default method, which is called the NDS login
method).
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
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Establishing Users and Groups
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How to create a new user object in iManager
1. Connect to the iManager URL on your server
and log on to the iManager tool as a user with
administrator privileges
2. Scroll down the list and click Create User
under the Users heading. The Create User
window appears, as shown in Figure 10-8
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
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Establishing Users and Groups
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How to create a new user object in iManager
(continued)
3. Enter the user’s username, first name, last
name, and context in the text boxes provided
4. When you have entered all the user’s
information, click OK
5. Click OK to return to the default iManager
window
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
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Creating a group in NetWare 6.5
1. Connect to the iManager URL on your server
and log on to the iManager tool as a user with
administrator privileges.
2. Scroll down the list of functions and click
Create Group under the Groups heading. The
Create Group window appears, as shown in
Figure 10-9.
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
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Creating a group in NetWare 6.5 (continued)
3. Enter a name and context for the group, then
click OK. iManager responds with a message:
“Complete: The Create Group request
succeeded.”
4. Click Modify to change the default properties
of this group. The Modify Object prompt
appears, with a drop-down list and a number
of text boxes.
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Installing and Configuring a
Netware 6.5 Server (continued)
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Creating a group in NetWare 6.5 (continued)
5. Select Members (depending on your browser
type, this option might appear as a hyperlink
or an item in a drop-down list). A Members
prompt appears.
6. To search for objects to be included in this
group, click the ObjectSelector icon (which
looks like a magnifying glass).The
ObjectSelector window appears.
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Installing and Configuring a Netware
6.5 Server (continued)
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Creating a group in NetWare 6.5 (continued)
7. Click the Browse button or tab, depending on
your browser, to browse through the
eDirectory tree until you find the user objects
you want to add to this group.
8. Click the user objects you want to add to the
group you have created. When you are
finished adding users, click OK to return to
the default iManager window.
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Client Services
• Traditional Client Access
• Previous versions of NetWare
• Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX-based
• Connected via a Novell client
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Client Services (continued)
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Client Services (continued)
• Native File Access
• Novell Storage Services (NSS)
• NFS
• CIFS (Common Internet File System)
• AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol)
• NetDrive
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Client Services (continued)
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Client Services (continued)
• Browser-based Access
• Access NetWare 6.5 files and directories is
through a Web browser
• Novell’s NetStorage tool
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Internetworking with Other
Operating Systems
• LDAP directory standards
• DirXML
• Nterprise Linux Services.
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Chapter Summary
• Identify the advantages of using the
NetWare network operating system
• Describe NetWare’s server hardware
requirements
• Understand NetWare’s file system and
directory structures
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Chapter Summary (continued)
• Plan for and perform a simple NetWare
server installation
• Explain how NetWare supports multiple
clients and integrates with other network
operating systems
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