Dell 750N. 755N manual Outline of the Deployment Procedure, Small Environment

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The larger the environment, the more new servers you will need. If you are planning to have more than one domain, then you will need new hardware for the first domain controller in each domain.

You must also install Novell Client Access software on the MSDSS server or servers. MSDSS uses Novell Client Access to authenticate and to gain access to NDS. While accessing NDS, it authenticates, but does not use a license. MSDSS also uses Novell Client Access to map one directory’s contents to another, taking into account the fact that the object classes in Novell’s NDS or bindery directories are different from Active Directory object classes. Novell Client Access is also required in order to use File Migration Utility to migrate files.

You can install Novell Client Access in four modes: IP only, IPX only, IP and IPX combined, and IP with IPX Compatibility Mode. Most NetWare environments still use IPX today. MSDSS works in all these modes because it uses Novell Client Access to access the lower layers.

If you are migrating NDS, you can import the user and group information from one NDS server to the MSDSS server, because you have one user database per tree. You can then migrate the file system. Remember that each Novell server has its own file system, which is not replicated to other servers (whereas NDS is replicated to other servers). After the files are migrated, you can uninstall NDS from the server to free up the hardware for the Windows 2000 Server operating system.

Outline of the Deployment Procedure

The next two sections describe the procedures for implementing MSDSS in a smaller (local area network (LAN) only) or larger (wide area network (WAN)) network. You need to adapt the guidelines to suit your environment and goals.

Small Environment

A small company with a LAN-based and uncomplicated network is often a likely candidate for a quick migration. After doing all the preparations described in the above section, perform these steps (adjusted, if necessary, to your situation):

1Back up your NetWare system and user data.

2Install and configure a Windows 2000 domain controller (see the documentation that comes with your operating system software).

3Install the Novell Client for Windows 2000 from the Novell Web site (http://www.novell.com/download/).

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