An Introduction To Edirectory Planning; Your Lab's Edirectory Tree; Section 3.2, "An Introduction To Edirectory Planning - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - LAB GUIDE 01-19-2010 Manual

3.2 An Introduction to eDirectory Planning

If you want an efficient and intuitive eDirectory design, you and your organization need to base it on
two things:
The layout of your network
The structure of your organization
You and your team should carefully think through the issues and design considerations discussed in
"Designing Your Novell eDirectory
Section 3.2.1, "Your Lab's eDirectory Tree," on page 46
Section 3.2.2, "Your Current Lab Tree," on page 47
Section 3.2.3, "Expanding Your Lab Tree," on page 48

3.2.1 Your Lab's eDirectory Tree

Figure 3-1 illustrates an eDirectory tree like the one you will use in the lab exercises found in this
guide. It also illustrates and explains the basic elements you should consider when designing an
eDirectory tree.
NOTE: The IS Organizational Unit object is included for explanatory purposes and is not created in
this guide.
Your Lab's eDirectory Tree
Figure 3-1
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EXAMPLE_TREE
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COMPANY
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SERVERS PRINTERS USERS
The Tree object is the top container object in the tree. It usually contains an
Organization object (specified in the install by using o=company) that represents your
company or organization.
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