Novell NetWare 5.1

NetWare 5.1 is the number of one server platform for your network and your Internet-enabled business. NetWare 5.1 transmutes a server-class PC into a high-performance network server, providing connectivity among personal computers, printers, mass storage devices, and the Internet. NetWare 5.1 gives you superior management and takes control of your entire network and Internet servers, by offering the following key advantages:

* A fast, reliable, and manageable networking platform for both network and Internet-enabled applications, including one of the fastest and most reliable Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) for running Java applications.
* Support for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the protocol that Web servers and Web browsers use to communicate on the Internet---and now on the local network too.
* Full-service Directory capabilities of NDSA 8 and native support for LDAP v3, the protocol that allows customers to access Directory information from many different locations.
* NDS management tools that help you set up, configure, and manage your network and Internet resources.

The Volume Management Page.
From the Volume Management page, you can set volume, directory, and file attributes, as well as copy, delete, rename, and create directories and files. The same applies to the server's local disk drive. You can also mount and dismount volumes as necessary. In the initial Volumes screen are columns labeled Info, Name, Attributes, and Mounted.

The Server Management Page.
* Connections. The Connections page shows you all of the connections that are currently being used and by whom. You can clear connections here or you can view the files the users have open on the server. You can broadcast a message to everyone, or if you highlight a particular connection, you can send a message to just that person.

* Memory Management. The Memory Management screen shows you information about how the server is using memory. By clicking on the Server Memory Pool summary, you can see how the server's memory is being allocated to its memory pools. You can also see information on swap files, how the different NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) are using memory, and the virtual memory pages.

* Set Parameters. The Set Parameters screen shows the server's internal settable parameters. These are the same parameters you see in the MONITOR utility, or if you type "SET "Enter"" at the server console. Future AppNotes will delve into these parameters, describing the theory of operations behind them as well as when and why you would want to change any of the parameters.

* System Resources. The System Resources screen is the same information that you see on the System Resources screen in the MONITOR utility. Here you see a list of how server resources are being utilized, including which NLMs are using a particular resource, the resource tag description, and the number of resources that are currently checked out to the resource tag.

* Profiling & Debug Information. This screen shows you which threads are currently executing on the server through this execution profile. If you want to see how much time the CPU is spending on each NLM, select the Execution Profiling by NLM option. Then by clicking on the Execution Time field, you can see on which threads the processor is spending its time. The Additional Debug options lists all of the threads presently running in the system, you can also select specific debug options. (We'll cover this more thoroughly in future articles.)

* System Statistics. The Systems Statistic screen allows you to choose from the following entries: network management information, kernel statistical information, LSL statistical information, and media manager statistical information. Each entry shows you information pertaining to its particular area; for instance, the Media Manager Statistical Information screen shows you pending Input/Output information as it is currently and as it peaks. You can also see the I/O request rate and the data transfer rate, as well as current disk reads and writes.

* Screens. This option offers a "view-only" screen of the server console. From the System Console screen, you can type server commands in a Command box, then press the Executebutton to actually send the information to the server's command line and execute the commands on the server.

The Remote Server Access Page.
The Remote Server Access page allows you to see two types of server: portal servers and NetWare servers. Clicking the Remote Server Access tab brings up information on the following options: Portal Servers and NetWare Servers.

NetWare 5.1 is what you need regardless of whether your network has a single NetWare 5.1 server or hundreds of NetWare, NT, and UNIX servers located on local sites, at sites around the world, or on the Internet.