User Guide

Learning about the NetWare Server 11
Server Operating System Administration Guide
103-000148-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
1 Learning about the NetWare Server
This chapter contains the following information:
Overview of the NetWare Server
Although it is frequently more convenient to refer to the computer where
NetWare
®
resides as the server, the NetWare server is the network operating
system that is installed on a server class computer. NetWare turns the
computer into a high-performance network platform that provides
connectivity between workstations, printers, mass storage devices, and other
networks such as the Internet. NetWare also provides network users with a
server platform for hosting Java applications.
The NetWare server manages the transmission of data among the network
devices, stores and retrieves data from hard disks, manages one or more file
systems, ensures data integrity, manages printers and printing, and allocates
and manages memory. The NetWare server is designed to operate on either a
uniprocessing or multiprocessing computer.
To learn about See
NetWare Server Operating System
basics
“Overview of the NetWare Server” on
page 11
NetWare integrated kernel “NetWare Integrated Kernel” on page
12
Server console security and interfaces “The Server Console” on page 18
How the NetWare server optimizes its
own performance
“NetWare Is Self-Tuning” on page 20
Java*-based components of NetWare “Java-Based Components of NetWare”
on page 21