Minolta PI4700E user manual Configuration Using Novell Directory Services

Network Interface Card Chapter 8

8 NetWare configuration

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You can use MAP or a Web browser to change the print server name. See “Management Access Program (Windows)” (p. 8-28) for more in- formation.

The initial default print server name is: MLT_<serial number>.

7Press to move the cursor to New printer, type the printer name, and then press Enter .

8Press to move the cursor to New print queue, type the print queue name, and then press Enter .

9Press to move the cursor to Printer type and then press Enter . From the printer type list, select Other/Unknown and then press Enter .

10After all the settings are the way you want, press F10 to save the con- figuration.

Repeat steps 5 through 10 for each file server that the print server ser- vices.

After you are finished, select Print Queues or Print Servers on the Available Options screen when you want to view, delete, or edit print server or queue settings.

Configuration Using Novell Directory Services

Novell Directory Services (NDS) provides a more advanced approach to network management than previous versions of NetWare. It stores and tracks all network objects. A Version 4.x or 5.x server must have NDS in- stalled in order to function.

This means every NetWare 4.x or 5.x server is a directory server, because it services printers, print servers, print queues, and other named directory objects. With appropriate privileges, you can create a print server object and assign them network-wide contexts (or locations), which eliminates the need to perform troublesome setup of print servers on each individual network server.

NDS provides true enterprise networking based not on individually defined physical sites, but rather on a shared network database. The result is vast- ly 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 da- tabase that allows access to data anywhere on the network, regardless of where it is stored. Pre-4.x NetWare versions provide the same data as DIB, but the data is stored in the NetWare bindery.

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