Setup Information - Oce VarioPrint 1105 User Manual

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11.4.1 Setup information

NDS
Novell Directory Service (NDS) offers a different, more advanced approach
to network management than previous NetWare versions. Generally, it stores
and tracks all network objects.
All 4.x-6 servers must have NDS loaded in order to function. In this way,
every NetWare 4.x-6 server is a Directory server, because it services named
Directory objects such as printing systems, print server and print queues.
With the appropriate privileges, you can create a print server object, which,
once configured in its context (or location) on the network, eliminates the
setup of print servers on every network server.
NDS provides true enterprise networking based on a shared network
database rather than individually defined physical sites. The result is a greatly
improved print server setup and management.
Bindery Emulation
NetWare 4.x-6 also provides backward compatibility for 3.x and 4.x-6 print
service through Bindery emulation.
The Directory Information Base (DIB) is used to store information about
servers and services, users, printing systems, gateways, etc. It is a
distributed database, allowing access to data anywhere on the network
wherever it is stored.
Pre-4.x-6 NetWare versions provide the same data found in the DIB but the
data is stored in the NetWare Bindery. The DIB was designed with more
flexible access, more specific security, and, since it is distributed, was
designed to be partitioned.
The Directory uses an object-oriented structure, rather than the flat-file
structure of the Bindery, and offers network-oriented access, rather than
server-oriented access found in the Bindery.
The Directory is backward-compatible with the NetWare Bindery through
Bindery Emulation mode. When Bindery emulation is enabled, Directory
Services will accept Bindery requests and respond just as if a Bindery
existed on the NetWare server being accessed.
Be aware that information obtained from the Bindery query may not be
stored in the server since the Directory is a partitioned and distributed
database. Even though the NetWare 4.x-6 server is not operating from a
Bindery, the applications making Bindery requests will not know the
difference.
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