User Guide

58 NetWare 6 Overview and Installation Guide
NetWare 6 Overview and Installation Guide
100-004725-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Choosing the Type of eDirectory Installation
To set up eDirectory, you must choose one of the following options:
 Install the server into an existing eDirectory tree
 Create a new eDirectory tree
Before completing this task, you should understand the concepts relating to
eDirectory trees, containers, and context.
 Tree Name—The top level of the available network resources and must
be unique from other eDirectory tree names on the network.
 Containers—Much like subdirectories, containers contain network
objects. The server can be installed into two types of container objects:
Organization (O) and Organizational Unit (OU).
 Context—The context, much like DOS directory paths, denotes the full
path of a network object in the eDirectory tree. For example, a NetWare
server might be installed into an Organizational Unit (OU) named Sales
under the Organization (O) named Acme. The context would be denoted
as OU=Sales.O=Acme or Sales.Acme.