Novell Delivers Directory Enabled IP Management and Proposes Standard to DMTF,
IETF
Announces plans to ship IP Management in NetWare 5
Las Vegas, NV -- May 5, 1998 -- At the Networld + Interop trade show
today,
network software giant Novell, Inc. announced that it will submit a standards proposal for
directory
integration with the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP.) The implementation
provides an
easy and cost effective way for network administrators to implement directory-based
management of IP
addresses and will be submitted to both the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the
Desktop
Management Task Force (DMTF), for development in association with the industry initiative for
Directory Enabled Networks (DEN). Novell will also deliver the first commercial
implementation of
directory-enabled IP management within NDS in NetWare 5 later this year.
"As large enterprise networks grow and deploy more IP users, IP-based services and IP
applications, the
value of providing DHCP integration with a directory service becomes critical to eliminating
redundancy
in data and improving efficiency," said Michael Simpson, director of marketing, Novell, Inc. "As
the
industry directory services leader with almost 40 million users, we will continue to deliver real
solutions
for our customers today, as well as influence emerging standards. With NetWare 5 and NDS
integration
with DHCP later this year, we are bringing IP management to the masses."
"I am pleased to see Novell delivering a public domain schema extension for implementing
DHCP within
a directory enabled network and extending the availability of IP management within the
industry," said
L.D. Weller, DMTF Chairman. "This type of proposal will greatly advance the standardized
integration
of physical network devices and directory servers."
"Novell's announcement today is in keeping with our two companies' desire to see the directory
become
standardized for storage of IP address, DHCP, and DNS information" said Rod Anderson,
Director of the
NetID Group at Bay Networks, Inc. "We continue to further our collaboration in this area,
building on
Novell's considerable experience with large scale directory deployments and Bay Networks'
expertise in
business class IP networking and IP address management."
Directory Enabling Networks
The purpose of the industry's Directory Enabled Networks specification is to provide a schema
and
informational model for representing network elements and services in a directory. This involves
developing the Service Class hierarchy for defining objects that enable developers to represent
services
of different types that are available on the network. Among these services are authentication
services via
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) protocol, IP management services and
Quality of
Service (QoS) services. The DEN Working Group is currently transitioning the DEN proposal to
the
DMTF, where it, along with related proposals like Novell's will be refined to represent
industry-wide
standards.
Novell's Directory-Enabled DHCP Implementation
Novell's DHCP reference implementation provides examples of how to represent DHCP
configuration
data in a directory. The DHCP configuration information, accessible via LDAP, can be
consumed by
DHCP servers directly, or by network administrators through a management tool. The directory
enabled
DHCP schema submitted by Novell solves problems that exist within current DHCP solutions
such as
DHCP server replacement, server grouping, authorization and enumeration, global configuration,
error
checking, and multiple viewing and configurations, which allows network administrators to view
and
configure the DHCP service at both the enterprise network and individual server levels.
Novell also plans to submit a reference implementation for DNS to the relevant standards bodies
this
year.
Novell's IP Management Solution in NetWare 5
Novell will deliver a complete directory-enabled IP management solution in NetWare 5,
including DHCP
as well as the Domain Naming System (DNS) and Dynamic DNS. This will allow network
administrators to eliminate the
cost and complexity of managing each user account separately on different servers. This
simplifies
administration of corporate intranets and Internet access for more efficient use of network
resources and
better user productivity.
About Novell
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, as well as the network computing industry's most comprehensive education
and
technical support programs. Information about Novell and its complete range of products and
services
can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com.
Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. Novell Directory Services, NDS and NetWare
are
trademarks of Novell, Inc.
Press Contacts:
Gordon Evans
Novell, Inc.
Phone: 408-577-6371
Internet: gmevans@novell.com
Katrina Larson
Novell, Inc.
Phone: 801-861-5593
Internet: kalarson@novell.com
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