In this release of NetWare, the following features have been added to the base server operating system:
Support for USB storage devices (CD, DVD, floppy, Zip, Jaz, and hard drives, including thumb drives).
These devices are recognized by Hot Plug, auto-detect, format NSS, or Traditional partitions and volumes.
To see what is already mounted, enter the LFVOLUMES command.
Core dumps to writable USB storage devices are also supported. For more information, see Saving a Dump to a Local Partition (HDISK Option).
The following support has been added for servers running an Intel* Pentium* 4 processor:
ACPI HyperThreading (processor doubling)
For more information, see HyperThreading Support.
Power Management SET options
For more information, see Bringing Down the Server.
Additional functionality was added to the server Logger screen. For more information about using the Logger screen, see Logger Screen.
When the server is starting up, there is a several-second window during which you can press Esc to exit to DOS. For more information, see Starting and Stopping the Server.
Executing the KF8 ON command lets you pause after each line of execution of a .ncf file. Executing KF8 OFF turns off this functionality. For more information, see Checking the Execution of .ncf Files.
You can edit the server GUI taskbar through the Menu Editor.
Through the Menu Editor you can add, change, or delete items from the server GUI taskbar menu. For more information, see Configuring the Taskbar.
Interaction with the NetWare Registry has been improved. For details, see NetWare Registry.
The dbnet6.nlm module, which allows for remote (over-the-wire) core dumps, is loaded by default on every server. For details, see Creating a Core Dump.
Many SET parameters have been updated and the defaults changed. For more information see SET
in the NW 6.5 SP8: Utilities Reference.
Improvements in the way the server processes work.
For more information, see Managing Server Processes.