HP UX 11i v1 Networking Software NetWare DOS Requester Layers and Modules, DOS Redirection Layer

Understanding the NetWare Client Software

The NetWare DOS Requester Architecture

NETX

DOS

NetWare DOS

Requester

DOS

VLM.EXE

		AUTO	REDIR
DOS	C	NWP		FIO	PRINT
Redirection	O			CACHE
	N				FIO
Layer				PBODI
	N	NDS RSA	BIND LITE
Service			TRAN
		IPXNCP		Other Transport Protocols
Protocol
Layer

Transport

Protocol

Layer

NetWare DOS

Requester

Figure 2-1 NetWare DOS Requester Layers and Modules

DOS Redirection Layer

This layer provides DOS file services through the DOS redirector; its VLM™ program is REDIR.VLM. REDIR performs all the DOS-specific callouts.

Previously, NETX provided its own file services; the NetWare DOS

Requester uses the DOS redirector for most file services.

Service Protocol Layer

This layer consists of the following parallel services.

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