Novell NetWare Parameters

Information in this section of the Jetdirect configuration page is described in Table 9.8. For error messages, see Table 9.11.

Table 9.8

Novell NetWare Configuration Information (1 of 2)

 

 

 

Message

 

Description

 

 

 

STATUS:

 

Indicates the current Novell NetWare configuration status.

 

 

READY: Indicates the HP Jetdirect print server is awaiting

 

 

data.

 

 

DISABLED: Indicates that IPX/SPX was manually

 

 

disabled.

 

 

INITIALIZING: Indicates that the print server is registering

 

 

the node address or name. An additional status message

 

 

may also be displayed.

 

 

An error code and message is displayed if the print server

 

 

is not ready. For more information, see Table 9.11.

 

 

NODE NAME:

Queue Server Mode: The print server name. This name

 

 

must match a valid print server on the appropriate NetWare

 

 

file server. The default name is NPIXXXXXX, where

 

 

XXXXXX is the last six digits of the LAN hardware (MAC)

 

 

address.

 

 

Remote Printer Mode: The name you gave the network

 

 

printer when you configured the network printer. The

 

 

default name is NPIXXXXXX.

 

 

NETWARE MODE:

The mode used by the HP Jetdirect print server.

 

 

QUEUE SERVER: Indicates that the print server receives

 

 

data directly from the queue.

 

 

REMOTE PRINTER (followed by the printer number):

 

 

Indicates that the print server emulates a Novell NetWare

 

 

remote printer.

 

 

If the printer is not configured, this field displays QUEUE

 

 

SERVER.

 

 

NDS TREE NAME:

Displays the name of the Novell Directory Services (NDS)

 

 

tree for this printer. NDS is a database of objects on a

 

 

NetWare network organized in a hierarchical tree structure.

 

 

NOT SPECIFIED or blank: NDS is disabled.

 

 

NDS CONTEXT:

Displays the fully qualified NDS name where the

 

 

HP Jetdirect print server object resides in the NDS tree.

 

 

For example:

 

 

CN=lj_pserver.OU=support.OU=mycity.OU=mycompany

 

 

NOT SPECIFIED or blank: NDS is disabled.

 

 

 

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