Understanding the NetWare Client Software
The NetWare DOS Requester Architecture
NETX
DOS
NetWare DOS
Requester
DOS
Redirection
Layer
Service
Protocol
Layer
Transport
Protocol
Layer
Figure
DOS
VLM.EXE
| AUTO | REDIR |
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C |
| NWP | FIO | |
O |
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| CACHE |
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N |
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| FIO | |
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| PBODI | ||
N | NDS RSA BIND LITE | |||
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| TRAN |
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| IPXNCP | Other Transport Protocols |
NetWare DOS
Requester
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
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.