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    NetportExpress(TM) Print Servers: OS and Protocol Compatibility

    Contents:

    • OVERVIEW
    • NOVELL COMPATIBILITY SUMMARY FOR NETPORTEXPRESS(TM) XL AND EL PRINT SERVERS
    • COMPATIBILITY WITH NETWARE* 3.11 1000 USER VERSION
    • APPLETALK COMPATIBILITY FOR THE NETPORTEXPRESS(TM) XL PRINT SERVER
    
    

    OVERVIEW

    
       NetportExpress(TM) XL print server
    
    
    
       The Ethernet and Token Ring NetportExpress(TM) XL print servers support
    
       four protocols: Novell NetWare, TCP/IP, AppleTalk* Phase II and NetBIOS:
    
    
    
       Novell NetWare:
    
            Print Server 
    
            Remote printer,  
    
            SFTIII,  
    
            NMS 
    
            NetWare 4 Bindery emulation 
    
            NetWare Directory Services
    
    
    
       TCP/IP:
    
            SUNOS 4.1.x, 
    
            SCO rel2.3, 
    
            Solaris 2.1, 2.3, 2.4,
    
            UnixWare 1.0, 1.1, 2.01, 
    
            HPUX 9.3, 
    
            AIX 3.2.5,
    
            SNMP v1 System Group only & for the Management  Information Base
    
       (MIB-II, RFC 1213).
    
    
    
       NetBIOS:
    
            LAN Manager v1.3 or higher
    
            Lan Server verison 2.0 or higher (excluding v4.0 which hasn't been
    
       tested yet)
    
            Windows NT* 3.50, 3.51
    
            Windows for Workgroups
    
            Windows 95*
    
    
    
       Appletalk:
    
            Ethertalk phase II
    
            Tokentalk
    
    
    
       The XL requires either a Novell server, or NetBIOS station, even if all
    
       printing will be via TCP/IP or AppleTalk.
    
    
    
       NetportExpress EL print server
    
       The Ethernet and Token Ring NetportExpress EL print servers only support
    
       Novell Netware:
    
    
    
       Novell NetWare:
    
            Print Server
    
            Remote Printer
    
            NMS
    
            SFTIII,  
    
            NetWare 4 Bindery emulation 
    
            NetWare Directory Services
    
    
    
       Frame Types for both EL and XL
    
       The Ethernet version of the XL and EL supports the following Novell
    
    
    
       frame types by setting the DIP switch as follows (XL must be at v2.11 or
    
       greater):
    
    
    
       Frame               Position 1       Position 2
    
       802.2               Down             Down
    
       802.3(default)      Down             Up 
    
       Ethernet II         Up               Up
    
       SNAP                Up               Down
    
    
    
       The Token Ring version of the XL and EL support the following Novell
    
       frame types and Data Rate by setting the DIP switch as follows:
    
    
    
       Frame               Position 1      Postition 2
    
       16 mbps             Up
    
       4 mbps              down
    
       802.2 (default)                     Up
    
       SNAP                                down
    
    
    
       User Interface
    
       Netport(R) Manager is the Windows utility used to configure and Manage
    
       the XL & EL.  Netport(R) Manager requires Windows 3.1, Windows for
    
       Workgroups, Windows NT or Windows 95.
    
    
    
    

    NOVELL COMPATIBILITY SUMMARY FOR NETPORTEXPRESS(TM) XL AND EL PRINT SERVERS

    
       NetWare 2.15c or above                 Compatible
    
       NetWare ELS level I                    Not Compatible
    
       NetWare 3.x, 3.10, 3.11 & 3.12         Compatible
    
       NetWare 3.11 1000 User                 Compatible
    
       NetWare for Macintosh NLM v3.01        Compatible
    
       NetWare 4.x                            Compatible*
    
       NetWare for VMS                        Not Compatible
    
       Personal Netware (NetWare Lite)        Not Compatible
    
       Portable NetWare                       Not Compatible
    
       SFT III*                               Compatible 
    
    
    
    

    COMPATIBILITY WITH NETWARE* 3.11 1000 USER VERSION

    
       The NetportExpress(TM) print server is compatible with 1000 user
    
       NetWare*.
    
    
    
    

    APPLETALK COMPATIBILITY FOR THE NETPORTEXPRESS(TM) XL PRINT SERVER

    
       The Ethernet and Token Ring NetportExpress(TM) XL print servers v2.00 or
    
       greater support the Appletalk  protocols with the following software
    
       requirements:
    
    
    
            System 6.x or 7.x
    
            EtherTalk Phase II  (Ethernet XL)
    
            TokenTalk (Token Ring XL)
    
    
    
       Print jobs sent from a MAC running the Appletalk protocol go directy
    
       from the MAC workstation to the XL via a peer to peer connection.  If
    
       the printer port on the XL is busy printing another job, the MAC keeps
    
       requesting the port until it becomes available.  Novell queues are not
    
       used to print MAC jobs.
    
    

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