NetWare 4 "Green River" Release Speeds, Simplifies Installation and
Upgrade Process
New Utilities Add to NetWare's Administration and Management
Lead By Making Installation and Upgrades Easy
OREM, Utah -- July 24, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today
announced new utilities in the upcoming release of NetWare 4,
code-named Green River, that speed the installation and upgrade
process in making networks easy to administer and affordable to
operate. New auto-detection capabilities in Green River speed the
installation process by identifying adapter cards on the server and
automatically installing the correct device driver software. Green River
also streamlines the installation of network solutions by integrating
features such as symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support and TCP/IP
that were previously installed separately. In addition, new utilities make
the upgrade process fast and easy by enabling network administrators
to model and then automatically migrate bindery and file information from
NetWare 2 and NetWare 3 servers to NetWare 4 directory trees.
"With the delivery of Green River, we have reduced the time and effort it
takes to install the new operating system, effectively decreasing the cost
of network administration," said William Donahoo, senior director of
product marketing at Novell. "Each new feature of Green River adds to
Novell's networking lead and makes Green River a more obvious choice
for both upgrades and new installations."
Automated Installation Process Cuts Administrator Efforts
Novell has automated key aspects of the Green River installation
process, eliminating many of the manual operations required by previous
versions of NetWare. New hardware auto-detection capabilities
recognize the server's LAN adapters and disk adapters and support all
drivers compliant with NetWare Peripheral Architecture (NWPA). Green
River also automates the administrator's choice and configuration of
network protocols, eliminating the need to reference and then manually
enter protocol specifications for each LAN card.
Green River auto-detects the following types of adapter cards:
- EISA -- Extended Industry Standard Architecture
- MCA -- Micro-Channel Architecture
- PCI -- Peripheral Component Interconnect
- PnP ISA -- Plug and Play Industry Standard Architecture
- PC Card -- Personal Computer Card (formerly PCMCIA)
Integrated Migration Utilities Simplify Upgrades
To simplify upgrades from earlier NetWare releases, Green River
features two new utilities -- DS Migrate and File Migration.
DS Migrate, developed in partnership with Preferred Systems, Inc. (PSI),
provides an "in-the-box" migration solution by enabling fast and easy
transfer of NetWare 2.1x, NetWare 2.2 and NetWare 3.1x bindery
information to an existing NetWare 4 directory. DS Migrate, a sub-set of
PSI's' popular DS Standard® Novell Directory Service
(NDS) management tool, offers the core capabilities found in that
product. For more robust migration capabilities, as well as NDS modeling
and management, Novell Labs has approved the full implementation of DS
Standard. DS Migrate also enables administrators to model, verify and
print directory trees before performing migration. Novell surveys show
that network administrators place a high value on these capabilities for
analyzing various directory schema and preparing proposals and
presentations to upper management.
Green River's new File Migration tool transfers existing data files to
NetWare 4 directory trees, while maintaining existing trustee rights. Both
of the new utilities are integrated with Green River as part of NetWare
Administrator (NWAdmin), the global management tool for
NDS. Other new Green River modeling and migration features include:
- The ability to view and model the migration process through a
graphical user interface that saves time and makes decision making more
intuitive; and
- Support for English, Portuguese, French, Italian, German and
Spanish, enabling European administrators to manage networks with a
local-language interface.
About Green River
Green River, the next version of Novell's market-leading network
operating system, provides organizations with a platform for
comprehensive network, intranet and Internet solutions. This platform
significantly eases installation, migration and administration of networking
processes. Currently slated for release later this year, other major
features of Green River include:
- NDS enhancements including NDS Manager to simplify the monitoring
and management of multiple NDS trees;
- C2-level security to protect sensitive data during transmission across
networks; and
- NetWare Application Launcher (NAL) to centrally administer
network applications and provide users with location-independent
access.
Founded in 1983, Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading provider
of network software. The company offers a wide range of network
solutions for distributed network, Internet, intranet and small-business
markets. Novell education and technical support programs are the most
comprehensive in the network computing industry. Information about
Novell's complete range of products and services can be accessed on
the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com.
Founded in 1990, Preferred Systems, Inc. is the market leader in the
development of directory services management tools. With more than
140,000 copies of the DS Standard product distributed, it is recognized
as the de facto tool to manage NDS. PSI's products are distributed
worldwide. PSI can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://prefsys.com.
Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks, and DS Migrate, File
Migration, NDS, NetWare Administrator, NetWare Application Launcher,
Novell Directory Services and NWAdmin are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All
other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their
respective holders.
Press Contacts:
Jason Werner
Novell, Inc.
Phone: (801) 861-7574
Internet: jwerner@novell.com
Julia Mason
Cunningham Communication, Inc.
Phone: (408) 764-0747
Internet: julia@ccipr.com
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