Service
NetWare 6.5 SP8
NetStorage
Yes
NetWare Traditional
Yes
File System
NetWare Traditional
Yes
Volumes
NFS
Yes - NFAP
NICI (Novell
Yes
International
Cryptography
Infrastructure)
NMAS
TM
(Novell
Yes
Modular Authentication
Services)
Novell Audit
Yes
Novell Client
TM
for
Yes
Windows and Linux
support
Novell Cluster
Yes
Services
TM
®
Novell iFolder
2.x
Yes
Novell iFolder 3.8
No
Novell Licensing
Yes
Services
OES 2
Platform Differences / Migration Issues
Yes
NetStorage on Linux offers connectivity to
storage locations through the CIFS, NCP,
and SSH protocols. NetWare uses only
NCP.
These and other differences are
summarized in "NetStorage" in the
SP2: Planning and Implementation
No
Novell has no plans to port the NetWare
Traditional File System to Linux.
N/A
Yes - native to
For NetWare, see
Linux
Machines" in the
and NFS (NFAP) Administration
Yes
No functional differences.
Yes
No functional differences.
No
Novell Audit is not included with OES.
However, the Novell Audit 2.0 Starter pack
is available for download at no cost on
Novell.com (http://www.novell.com/
downloads).
Yes
Novell Client connectivity to OES 2 requires
that the NCP Server be installed.
Yes
See
"Product
Novell Cluster Services 1.8.7 for Linux
Administration
See
"Product
Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Administration
Guide.
No
For migration information, see
iFolder
2.x" in the
Tool Administration Guide
Yes
OES 2 SP2 includes Linux, Macintosh*, and
Windows clients.
No
See
"OES 2 Doesn't Support
OES 2 SP2: Planning and Implementation
Guide.
OES 2
Guide.
"Working with UNIX
NW 6.5 SP8: AFP, CIFS,
Guide.
Features" in the
OES 2 SP2:
Guide.
Features" in the
NW6.5 SP8:
"Migrating
OES 2 SP2: Migration
NLS" in the
Frequently Asked Questions
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