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- NetWare v2.2
-
- NetWare v2.2 is the next generation in the evolution of the 286-based
- product line. This product replaces all previous NetWare v2.1x products,
- including ELS. The stratification of NetWare v2.2 has helped to focus the
- product to meet the demands of the workgroup market. The following are
- the stratification levels for NetWare v2.2:
-
- NetWare v2.2 (5 user)
- NetWare v2.2 (10 user)
- NetWare v2.2 (50 user)
- NetWare v2.2 (100 user)
-
- Each stratification comes with two separate Operating System options. The
- user can choose to run SFT NetWare Level II w/TTS (called Dedicated
- NetWare v2.2) or Non-dedicated SFT NetWare Level I (aka Advanced)
- (called Non-dedicated NetWare v2.2). A user can also order the above
- products on either 5 1/4" high density diskettes or 3 1/2" high density
- diskettes.
-
- There are upgrade options available. For more information on this, contact
- the Novell After Market Products (AMP) Group at 1-800-346-7177.
-
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-
- There are many differences and new features supported with NetWare v2.2.
- They are listed below:
-
- 1. New INSTALLation utilities. NETGEN, BRGEN, and SHGEN are no
- longer used with NetWare v2.2. These v2.1x programs have been
- replaced with INSTALL, ROUTEGEN, and WSGEN respectively. The
- advantages of the new utilities are:
-
- a) consistency of keystrokes, so that <Enter> and <Esc> mean the
- exact same thing no matter where used.
-
- b) programs now utilize "forms" rather than the Menu/Sub-Menu
- system utilized in previous utilities.
-
- c) an "Easy" installation for first time users, that make generating a
- basic NetWare v2.2 server extremely easy.
-
- d) a redesign that allows for installation without the large quantity of
- "floppy swaps" that was required with NETGEN.
-
- e) consistency of utilities, so that whether you are running INSTALL,
- ROUTEGEN or WSGEN, the look and feel of each utility is the same.
-
- 2. Current v2.1x users have had problems with a lack of File Service
- Processes (FSP), especially those using VAP's and/or large drives.
- The reorganization of the file server memory in NetWare v2.2 has
- resolved this problem. Some of the changes are as follows:
-
- a) DGROUP memory was changed so that MAXSTATIONS was no
- longer a constant, but varied depending on stratification level, from
- 32 for the 5 and 10 user systems, to 64 for a 50 user system, to 116
- for a 100 user system. This affects DGROUP because there are a
- large number of tables that are statically allocated with
- MAXSTATIONS entries.
-
- b) A new routine was added, and a large number of string constants
- were moved from various files to one, to reside in ASSEMBLY1
- space rather than in DGROUP space. Now, when these strings are
- needed, a temporary buffer is allocated, and the routine is called with
- the index number of the desired string. Slightly over 2K of DGROUP
- was recovered by this change.
-
- c) The core print services were removed from the OS (the parts that
- are replaced by the PrintServer). In conjunction with this change,
- many obsolete console commands were removed.
-
- d) The directory handle table (PathTable) and all dynamically
- allocated directory handles were moved to be in a new segment,
- called Dynamic Memory Pool 4.
-
- e) In conjunction with moving the directory handle table to a new
- segment, the requirements on the Dynamic Memory Pool 1 have
- been reduced, so the minimum amount of memory reserved has
- been reduced from 16k to 10k. This will allow more processes even
- in situations where large drivers have been loaded.
-
- 3. Other OS changes were made to enhance the NetWare v2.2 product.
- These enhancements are as follows:
-
- a) Entries into the routing tables are now dynamically allocated
- space, so that a NetWare v2.2 server can co-exist on a much larger
- network than ever before. The new routing table can hold more
- entries, depending on the size of the entries. No exact number can
- be set to this, due to the dynamic nature of the table, but it is
- possible to have from 4 to 5 times more entries in the router tables
- than was available in NetWare v2.1x.
-
- b) Enhanced security, including the addition of Workgroup
- Managers, as has been provided in NetWare v3.x.
-
-
- c) Change in trustee rights, so that they match v3.x. They are:
-
- R Read
- W Write
- C Create
- E Erase (formerly Delete)
- M Modify
- F File Scan (formerly Search)
- A Access Control (formerly Parental)
-
- This provides consistency between v2.2 and v3.x. The NetWare
- utilities will still understand the old rights, but will show only the new
- rights. For example, a user can still GRANT a user ROS rights, but
- they will appear as RF rights.
-
- d) Many conditional variables were removed or consolidated.
-
- 4. The addition of a third external router has been provided to assist
- many users who run VAPs on their external routers. The two
- existing routers, the dedicated real mode and the non-dedicated
- protected mode, still are available, with the addition of the new
- dedicated protected mode router. This router allows for much
- greater performance of VAPs on the router, especially the NetWare
- for Macintosh VAP.
-
- 5. Enhanced DOS Workstation support, as the v3.02 shells are
- provided with NetWare v2.2. Users can now take advantage of
- extended and expanded memory in the workstation. Also, Windows
- support, which previously required the purchase of a separate shell,
- is now standard.
-
- 6. WSUPDATE. A new program has been provided for use by network
- supervisors. This program, called WSUPDATE, will allow a System
- Administrator/Supervisor to quickly and efficiently update user DOS
- workstations from one location.
-
- 7. NWSETUP. A new, automated initial user setup for a basic network,
- including creating users, rights, home directories, etc. Very helpful
- to the first-time network supervisor.
-
- 8. Enhance Printing Services, including:
-
- a) Print Server v1.21. This new release contains a smaller,
- configurable RPRINTER and offers much faster throughput when
- running as a VAP. This new release also supports NetWare Name
- Service utilities and services existing print queues and network nodes
- on up to 8 internetworked v2.1x, v2.2 and v3.x servers.
-
- b) Enhanced, linkable core printing services are provided for those
- who do not wish to run the Print Server VAP. The advantages of this
- new linkable core printing is the ability to maintain a server's printers
- and queues without having to down the server. Now printers and
- queues can be defined or removed via the console, without having
- to down the server and run NETGEN. This provides greater flexibility
- for the user, since all printing setup can be loaded into the server's
- AUTOEXEC.SYS file for immediate setup, each time the server boots.
- All maintenance can be done on the fly, via new console commands.
-
- c) A new server command allows the system supervisor to specify
- how often the server polls the print queues for print jobs when using
- the core printing option. NetWare v2.1x products polled every 15
- seconds. With NetWare v2.2, the user has the flexibility to set this to
- a desired interval. Very useful for users who require immediate
- printing, such as for Point-of-Sale situations requiring the immediate
- printing of receipts.
-
- 9. Enhanced NetWare for Macintosh support, with the release of the
- NetWare for Macintosh v2.2 VAP, which provides support for Apple
- Computer's AppleTalk Phase 2, AppleTalk Filing Protocol v2.2, and
- TokenTalk. In addition, the NetWare for MAC utilities have been
- enhanced to allow added network administration capabilities from a
- MAC workstation. Also, the new NetWare v2.2 INSTALL program
- has the ability to load the NetWare for Macintosh VAPs automatically
- during initial server installation. This is done via a seed VAP.
-
- 10. New serialization scheme, as the serial number is no longer linked
- into the operating system via the CACHE.OBJ file. Each OS object
- file contains the serial number, so that the GENDATA diskette is no
- longer needed.
-
- 11. NetWare v2.2 includes the NetWare DOS Open Data-Link (ODI)
- Client drivers. There drivers support multiple protocols (ie. IPX/SPX
- and TCP/IP) through a single workstation network adapter.
-
- 12. Enhanced NetWare HELP, called NetWare Help II, which is an
- enhanced version of the retrieval system the is used. Contains
- support for non-Novell create help files (created with Folio's Views
- product), pull down menus, TSR-like access, mouse support,
- graphics support, and foreign character support. NetWare Help II
- has been optimized for the NetWare environment.
-
- 13. Enhanced utilities that are now common between NetWare v2.2 and
- v3.x. Though the utilities may not contain the same functionality
- when run with different OS's, the files are the same. The utilities
- have been create so that they are aware of whether they are on a
- NetWare v2.1x, v2.2 or v3.x server. Some of the most notable
- changes are with FCONSOLE (for changes in server memory pools),
- FILER (which now has ability to copy a specified group of files or
- subdirectories, like XCOPY), LOGIN (with two new parameters,
- ACCESS_SERVER and PASSWORD_EXPIRES), and MAP (which has
- MAP ROOT and MAP NEXT support).
-
- 14. NetWare v2.2 has a new disk analysis procedure in a file called
- ZTEST. ZTEST, which can be run command line, is accessed by the
- new INSTALL program. COMPSURF was used in the past to test the
- integrity of the drives in the server. Since hard disk technology, as
- well as NetWare's SFT features, have advanced to the point that a
- full COMPSURF is no longer necessary. ZTEST now provides the
- analysis support necessary. This will reduce the time necessary to
- install NetWare. COMPSURF will still provided with NetWare v2.2,
- but will not be accessible from the INSTALL program.
-
- 15. NetWare v2.2 will ship on High Density media only, significantly
- reducing the number of floppies. Due to the new INSTALL and the
- reduction of floppies, the number of "floppy swaps" during installation
- has been reduced over 70%.
-
- 16. Consolidated and simplified Documentation set is included with
- NetWare v2.2. The new manual set is designed to more closely
- match the user's level of experience and information needs.
-
- 17. NetWare v2.2 supports the NetWare Requester for OS/2 v1.3. This
- release offers Named Pipes support for OS/2, DOS and Windows,
- contains a preferred server option, and provides the ability to support
- diskless workstations by doing remote program loads from the
- server to the OS/2 client. The Requester is not supplied with
- NetWare v2.2 in its initial release, but there is a coupon inside the
- NetWare v2.2 kit that a user can send in to get the Requester.
-
- 18. Other items of interest:
-
- a) Accounting has been fixed in v2.2. Prior to this release, there
- were problems in how account balances were updated. These have
- all been fixed.
-
- b) UPS problems associated with specific machines, such as some
- of the IBM PS/2 machines, were resolved.
-
- c) VREPAIR functions on systems with multiple printers, large drives
- with multiple volumes, and with correct printout.
-
- d) A common BINDFIX between NetWare v2.2 and NetWare v3.x is
- supplied with this release.
-
- e) DISKED is no longer shipped with NetWare v2.2.
-
- f) NET2 is no longer shipped with NetWare v2.2, but is supported if
- a user upgrades to NetWare v2.2 from an older system.
-
- g) NBACKUP is included with NetWare v2.2, providing an additional
- backup option to the Backup VAP, which is still supplied in this
- release.
-
- h) The IBM PS/2 SCSI driver (PS2SCSI.OBJ) is provided with the
- NetWare v2.2 kit.
-
- i) The high (over 100%) utilization problem with fast servers (25MHz
- or higher) that existed in NetWare v2.15 is fixed in NetWare v2.2.
-
- j) Corrections to timing/order of messages that were in error, such
- as while booting and when remirroring.
-
- k) Solved some problems found when mirroring NetWare Ready drives.
-
- l) Loader will now boot an OS if the drive has greater than 1024 cyl.
-
- m) Some fixes for the support of removable drives. Support was not
- greatly enhanced, but errors were fixed, such as the ability to have
- a removable on a system that has mirrored disks. Also, larger
- removable drives that had trouble mounting are now able to mount.
-
- n) A problem with a conflict between TTS and Logical Record locking
- was solved.
-
- o) Though ND can only access 8 Meg of RAM, it no longer fails if the
- system has more than that. Anything above 8 Meg will not be accessed.
-
- p) Fixed Global Descriptor Table overflow in Non-Dedicated.
-
- r) The console command CONFIG has been enhanced to include disk
- driver information as well. Also, a pause has been added to all
- console commands that might scroll needed information off the screen.
-
- s) Many other bug fixes and enhancements to the entire product, that
- are too lengthy for this document. Most utilities and all drivers
- are new to this release, and solve problems found in the past, as
- well as provide new functionality to the user.
-
- All other features supported in NetWare v2.15 are supported in NetWare
- v2.2, such as all of the Fault Tolerance features, communication features,
- administration features, and extended services (such as MHS, Btrieve,
- Async Link, etc.).
-
- For more information, contact the Novell After Market Product (AMP) Group
- at 1-800-346-7177.
-