============================================================ ============================================================ Section 3.4 Configuring a NetWare Intel Server Description Hewlett-Packard sells Novell NetWare v3.11 in volumes of 20 servers or more. HP's version of NetWare v3.11 is exactly the same as the version available from NetWare resellers. NetWare v3.11 is a full-featured, 32-bit network operating system that supports all key desktop operating systems - DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX and Macintosh - as well as the IBM SAA environment. NetWare v3.11 provides a high-performance integration platform for businesses requiring a sophisticated enterprise-wide network computing solution in a multi-vendor environment. NetWare v3.11 offers centralized network management and is available from HP in 100 and 250-user versions, allowing organizations to standardize on a high-performance networking solution regardless of their size. NetWare v3.11 is ideal for: - customers who need multi-client support for office automation applications. These customers need to use the same or similar applications on DOS, Windows, Macintosh, OS/2 and UNIX workstations and still be able to share data files, printers, scanners, disk space, application software and information. - Customers who need support for corporate-wide applications. To meet their business objectives, these customers must have a network reliable enough to guarantee the availability of key applications. - Customers who want to standardize on one network operating system to meet the needs of remote office, workgroup, department, corporate and enterprise-wide network users. This requires flexible pricing and the ability to design systems that vary in capacity, size and applications. - Customers who want to protect their investment in current hardware and software or who have outgrown their current system. NetWare v3.11 allows customers who have a significant installed base of host systems, applications or LANs to protect these investments, providing an integration platform that ties existing and new services together. For customers who began with ELS, Advanced or SFT NetWare, NetWare v3.11 provides increased capacity, support for additional desktop clients and the ability to integrate additional communication protocols. Summary Required Hardware NetWare v3.11 requires a network server computer, workstations and network adapters that have been properly installed and connected. In the server, NetWare v3.11 requires a minimum of 4MB of RAM. More memory may be required, depending on the number of users, the load they put on the server, the number of NLMs loaded and the size of the network hard disks. (More than 70MB of disk storage requires additional memory.) NetWare v3.11's dynamic resource configuration feature notifies the network supervisor when more memory will improve server performance. To load the software, servers must be equipped with high- capacity floppy disk drives (5.25-inch, 1.2MB or 3.5-inch, 1.44MB). For a complete list of servers certified to work with NetWare v3.11, contact your HP Sales Representative or a Novell Gold or Platinum Reseller. IBM PCs, XTs, ATs and compatibles and all models of the IBM PS/2 family of computers can be used as network workstations as well as the Macintosh II family and the Macintosh SE, Plus and 512Ke. Contact your HP Sales Representative or a Novell Gold or Platinum Reseller for an up-to-date list of compatible workstations. The type of network adapter used depends on the type of computer used as a server or workstation. In 32-bit Micro Channel servers on Ethernet networks, Novell recommends using the NE/2-32. The 32-bit bus of the NE/2-32 allows users to gain the full performance potential of NetWare v3.11 by increasing the amount of data that can be moved on and off the network and into server memory. For Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) servers on Ethernet networks, Novell recommends the NE3200, a 32-bit bus master adapter. Following is a list of adapter drivers bundled with NetWare v3.11. Novell will provide additional drivers in future versions of NetWare v3.11. Third-party adapter manufacturers will also supply adapter drivers. Server Drivers ISA Bus NE1000 NE2000 Novell Turbo RX-Net (Arcnet) RPL, including source routing support IBM Token-Ring (16Mbit/s and 4Mbit/s) 3Com 3C505 3Com 3C503 IBM PC Network Adapter II and PC Network Adapter II/A Micro Channel Bus Novell NE/2 Novell NE/2-32 RPL, including source routing support IBM Token-Ring (16 Mbit/s and 4Mbit/s) 2Com 3C523 (twisted pair and thin coaxial) EISA Bus Novell NE3200 Workstation Open Data-Link Interface (ODI) Drivers ISA Bus NE1000 NE2000 Novell Turbo RX-Net (Arcnet) IBM Token-Ring (16 Mbit/s and 4 Mbit/s, including RPL for IBM diskless workstation) 3Com 3C501 3Com 3C505 3Com 3C503 EXOS 205 IBM PC Network Adapter II/A MicroChannel Bus Novell NE/2 Novell NE/2-32 Novell RPL (for IBM diskless workstations - Token-Ring) IBM Token-Ring (16 Mbit/s and 4Mbit/s) EXOS 215T 3Com 3C523 EISA Bus NE3200 Required Software NetWare v3.11 contains all the software necessary to install and operate the Network server and connect up to 100 or 250 DOS, OS/2 or Windows workstations to the network, depending on the version purchased.