Storage Tips; Miscellaneous Netware Command Tips - Compaq ProSignia 200 Integration Notes

NetWare 5: At Your Command
SCMD.NLM enables NetWare 5 to transmit and receive IP and IPX data across what is
essentially a single protocol network.
If IP Only is selected, SCMD.NLM will be loaded automatically by AUTOEXEC.NCF.
By removing the SCMD line from the AUTOEXEC file, all IPX compatibility will be
lost on an IP-Only network.
Note: Note that some components of NetWare 5, including ConsoleOne, still use the IPX
protocol, therefore it is not recommended to remove SCMD in an IP-Only environment.

Storage Tips

You can mount any free space on any standard volume as an NSS volume. In order to take
advantage of the added performance and functionality of NSS, any free space on any standard
volume, regardless of the current file system, can be converted into an NSS volume. Only the free
space remaining in a volume may be converted; data areas on the drive cannot be converted
without destroying the data.
To dismount all volumes with a single command, NetWare 5 added the DISMOUNT ALL
command.
Some CD-ROM tips
To load CD-ROM support without loading other NSS support, enter NSS CD9660 at the server
console. Once loaded, the CD-ROM acts as a standard NSS volume allowing PC-compatible CD-
ROMs to be made available for clients.
To load CD-ROM support but provide access to MacIntosh-formatted CD-ROMs, enter NSS
CDHFS. The NSS CD-ROM module also supports automatic mounting/dismounting on compact
disc eject and insertion.
If you need to mount/dismount both MacIntosh- and PC-formatted CD-ROMs, load
CDROM.NLM.
Note: See NSS HELP for more information on other structures that can be mounted as NSS
volumes.

Miscellaneous NetWare Command Tips

Our last tip doesn't even have anything to do with NetWare 5, however, it's such a great tip we
wanted to include it anyway. We know that some of you still operate both NetWare 3.12 or
NetWare 4.11 systems, as well as NetWare 5. And we want to continue supporting those fine
systems. So, here it is.
Ordinarily, installing NWPA on NetWare 3.12 or 4.11 would first require installing the older
architecture with DDFS, then secondly, upgrading the installed server. It's possible, however, to
install NWPA during the initial setup of both NetWare 4.11 and NetWare 3.12. The instructions
can be found in the NSSD.HLP file on the Novell SSDs.
IMPORTANT: This procedure outlined above is the only way to install NWPA on NetWare
4.11 and NetWare 3.12 without first installing DDFS (.DSK) drivers and then converting the
system.
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