NetWare 6 combines new technologies with a tried-and-true network operating system, giving you a platform that meets the needs of your growing business and network.
NetWare 6 includes Novell Cluster ServicesTM, which ensures high availability and manageability of critical network resources including data (volumes), applications, server licenses, and services. It is a multinode clustering product for NetWare that is enabled for Novell eDirectory and supports failover, failback, and migration (load balancing) of individually managed cluster resources.
Novell Cluster Services allows you to configure up to 32 NetWare servers into a high-availability cluster, where resources can be dynamically switched or moved to any server in the cluster. Resources can be configured to automatically switch or be moved in the event of a server failure, or they can be moved manually to troubleshoot hardware or balance the workload.
For more information, see Novell Cluster Services Overview and Installation.
Novell eDirectory is a full-service, platform-independent LDAP directory that can store and manage millions of objects, such as users, applications, network devices, and data.
Novell eDirectory provides replication and partitioning capabilities and serves as the foundation for directory-enabled services such as automated business-relationship management, supply-chain management, electronic store fronts, automated provisioning, enhanced security, customer profiling, electronic wallets, automated notification systems, customized Web interfaces, and virtual private networks (VPNs).
For more information, see the Novell eDirectory 8.6 Administration Guide.
Novell Storage Services (NSS) is a file storage and management system that meets the needs of your growing file system requirements. NSS can take free space from multiple storage devices and create unlimited volumes which can store up to 8 trillion files (each up to 8 terabytes in size). You can quickly mount as many as 255 volumes. NSS lets you mount, configure, and maintain volumes without disrupting the work of end users.
For more information, see the Novell Storage Services Administration Guide.
Novell Certificate Server allows you to mint, issue, and manage digital certificates. When Novell Certificate Server is installed, it creates a Security container object, an Organizational Certificate Authority (CA) object, and two server certificates. The server certificates enable secure data transmissions and is required for Web-related products such as NetWare Web Manager and NetWare Enterprise Web Server.
For more information, see Novell Certificate Server.
Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) is designed to help you protect information on your network. NMAS brings together additional ways of authenticating to Novell eDirectory and to Windows NT/2000 networks to help ensure that the people accessing your network resources are who they say they are.
For more information, see the Novell Modular Authentication Service Administration Guide.
Storage Management ServicesTM (SMSTM) is the data protection system for all your storage requirements. SMS allows backup and restore of targets such as eDirectory, the file system, or an individual workstation's hard disk onto a tape device that can be stored offsite.
If you have a hardware failure, corrupted data, or incorrectly deleted or changed data, you can recover a previous version of the data. New features of SMS to look for are superior performance and support for cluster resources.
For more information, see the Storage Management Services Administration Guide.
Novell TCP/IP software allows connectivity between different hosts in an Internet environment. The TCP/IP stack lets you group multiple boards using a multihoming feature. It also allows you to balance the load across different configured boards and to ensure minimum downtime in case of board failure. It provides high security, performance, and reliability of the host in the Internet environment.
Novell TCP/IP offers an extensive set of configurable parameters for all supported protocols. You can use these parameters to modify the default characteristics of the initial configuration and also to configure advanced features and optimize host, router, and LAN performance options.
For more information, see the NetWare TCP/IP Administration Guide.
The Compatibility Mode Driver (CMD) helps you access NetWare services using the IP protocol. The CMD services are used only when the system uses an IPXTM application or tries to establish connections between IP and IPX systems. These drivers are automatically loaded on both the NetWare clients and servers when installed as IP-only systems. The IPX Compatibility Driver also allows IP systems to communicate with IPX systems by using Migration Agents.
The Migration Agent is a migration component that enables communication between IPX and IP systems and creates an IP backbone that connects IPX segments. The Migration Agent is used to migrate systems from IPX to IP in a phased manner without losing connectivity.
For more information, see the Server Communications Administration Guide.