| This chapter covers the following testing objectives for Novell Course 3000: Upgrading to NetWare 6: Use NetWare 6 Remote Management Utilities Configure NetWare 6 to Use DNS/DHCP Configure NetWare 6 to Use SLPv2 Explain How NetWare 6 Uses Multitasking, Multithreading, and Multiple Processors
Novell is directing the construction of the world's central Information Superhighway with the help of you, me, and thousands of other electronic transit workers (orange vest optional). NetWare 6 further revolutionizes Novell's "oneNet" strategy with the introduction of web-enabled administration tools, highly scalable networking protocols, and multiprocessor support. Implementing these components makes your job easier and provides your users with more reliable network access. Welcome to anytime, anywhere advanced administration via NetWare 6. As a network administrator, it is your responsibility to focus on the NetWare 6 network to ensure that it stays fine-tuned and in peak condition. In Chapters 1 and 2, we began our NetWare 6 Update journey by building the cornerstone of your network the NetWare 6 server. In Chapter 3, we built a hierarchical eDirectory tree around this server and extended it to users throughout the world. Now it's time to supercharge the network with the help of the following five advanced administration components: Managing NetWare 6 Remotely NetWare 6 includes three web-enabled management utilities that allow you to securely administer your networks remotely: Remote Manager, iMonitor, and iManager. Remote Manager (previously known as the NetWare Management Portal) provides all the functionality available at the server console from a web browser. iMonitor enables you to monitor and diagnose all the servers in your eDirectory tree from a web browser. In addition, iMonitor uses ACL (Access Control List) and HTTPS technology to ensure secure transactions. Finally, iManager is the future of Novell administration. NetWare 6 includes a prerelease version of iManager that enables you to configure eDirectory administration roles from a web browser. TIP Although iManage is the name of the product, the term "iManager" is used in both the official Novell courseware and on the certification exam. Understanding NetWare 6 DNS/DHCP We will learn the fundamental architecture of DNS/DHCP and learn how Domain Name Services (DNS) offers a distributed name/address database and how the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides a framework for dynamically passing DNS configuration information to TCP/IP clients. Configuring NetWare 6 DNS/DHCP We will learn how to configure these two great Internet Protocol (IP) management technologies at the server level. First, we will explore the five steps of DNS configuration, including creating a DNS server, configuring a DNS zone, and activating the DNS server. Then, we will explore the five steps of DHCP configuration, including creating a DHCP server, configuring subnet addresses, and activating the DHCP server. Configuring NetWare 6 to Use SLPv2 SLP (Service Location Protocol) is an Internet standard protocol used for the discovery of network services on IP networks. We will discover the SLP architecture for ourselves and learn how SLP enhances communication between Directory Agents, User Agents, and Services Agents. Finally, we will learn how to build a successful SLP implementation on NetWare 6. Using "High-Performance" NetWare 6 To achieve optimal performance for your NetWare 6 server, you may configure the following three high-performance features: multitasking (each processor in the NetWare 6 server can run two or more programs at the same time), multithreading (allows for the multiple execution of software threads to take place concurrently within the same program), and multiprocessing (allows you to distribute processor load across multiple server processors simultaneously).
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