Setting up the Elite 21 Using NetWare Directory Services (NDS)
Introduction to NDS
NetWare Directory Services (NDS) offers a different, more advanced approach to network management than previous NetWare versions. Generally, it stores and tracks all network objects. As a rule, all 4.x servers must have NDS loaded in order to function. In this way, every NetWare 4.x server is a Directory Server, because it services named Directory Objects such as printers, print servers 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 cumbersome setup of print servers on every network server. NDS provides true enterprise networking based on a shared network database rather than a individually defined physical sites. The result is greatly improved print server setup and management.
The Directory Information Base (DIB) is used to store information about servers and services, users, printers, gateways, etc. It is a distributed database, allowing access to data anywhere on the network wherever it is stored.
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You may use NWADMIN to configure the printer in NDS. Prior to printing, NDS