User Guide

Installing Novell Native File Access Protocols 17
Novell Native File Access Protocols Installation and Administration Guide
103-000162-001
September 4, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Administrator Workstation Prerequisites
To install, set up, and administer Novell Native File Access Protocols, make
sure that at least one workstation meets the following requirements:
 Windows workstation running one of the following:
 Windows 95/98 running Novell Client for Windows 95/98 version
3.21.0 or later. Download the client software. (http://
www.novell.com/download/)
 Windows NT/2000 running Novell Client for Windows NT/2000
version 4.80 or later. Download the client software. (http://
www.novell.com/download/)
 Client NICI 1.5.7 (Strong Encryption) version 1.5.7. Download the NICI
software. (http://support.novell.com/)
NICI is required to perform password administration using
ConsoleOne
TM
. It must be installed only on the Administrator
Workstation. NICI (Weak Encryption) will work for user authentication
but does not support changing passwords from a Windows workstation.
Computer Prerequisites
To access NetWare servers running Novell Native File Access Protocols,
computers must be connected to the network, properly configured to run TCP/
IP, and must be running one of the following operating systems:
 Mac OS version 8.1 or later, Mac OS X
 Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT* version 4, Windows 2000
Windows computers must be running Client for Microsoft Networks,
which is a standard Windows component that is installed by selecting
Control Panel > Network > Add > Client > Microsoft.
 Any version platform capable of NFS v2 or NFS v3 such as UNIX,
Linux*, and Free BSD.
For more information on computers running NFS, see the Chapter 7,
“Working with UNIX Machines,” on page 55.