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DCNT V1.1 SP1
Although only billed as a service pack, v1.1 SP1offers some fairly significant new functionality, including
some of the most-requested enhancements to the product:
DCNT IP Address Failover Support for File Shares
DCNT provides the ability to failover a NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) name in association with an
IP address. The feature enables the capability of failing over file shares, which can be accessed over a
wide area network using TCP/IP.
Support is provided in the Cluster Administrator for specifying NetBIOS Names in association with
IP failover objects.
A NetBIOS Name is used to identify a host for providing LAN Manager services, such as file shares
or named pipes. Also, since the LAN Manager protocol is actually contained inside TCP/IP packets,
the NetBIOS Name is associated with an IP address.
LAN manager services, such as file shares, are made accessible on a wide area network by layering
them on top of TCP/IP. This is accomplished using "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" (NetBT).
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