Choosing The Type Of Edirectory Installation - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Choosing the Type of eDirectory Installation

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NetWare 6 Overview and Installation Guide
To set up eDirectory, you must choose one of the following options:
Install the server into an existing eDirectory tree
Create a new eDirectory tree
Before completing this task, you should understand the concepts relating to
eDirectory trees, containers, and context.
Tree Name—The top level of the available network resources and must
be unique from other eDirectory tree names on the network.
Containers—Much like subdirectories, containers contain network
objects. The server can be installed into two types of container objects:
Organization (O) and Organizational Unit (OU).
Context—The context, much like DOS directory paths, denotes the full
path of a network object in the eDirectory tree. For example, a NetWare
server might be installed into an Organizational Unit (OU) named Sales
under the Organization (O) named Acme. The context would be denoted
as OU=Sales.O=Acme or Sales.Acme.