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Chapter 1 - Understanding Banyan
Networks and Their Administration
What Is a Banyan Network?
Servers
Banyan Services
Managers and Administrators
Operators
VINES Software
System Software
Network Software
How Workstations Access
a Banyan network
Starting the Login Process
What Happens When a User Logs In
Setting the User Environment
Banyan Administration
Security Issues
Administrative Tasks
Key Terms
Chapter 2 - Network Topologies
Overview
Connecting to Local and
Wide-Area Networks
Sample Banyan Networks
Single-Server Networks
Multi-Server Networks
Backbone LANs
Internetworks
Corporate Example
Connecting Macintosh Computers
to VINES
Transition Bridges
Ethernet, Token-Ring, LocalTalk Networks
Zones
Network Numbers
Tunneling
Administrator's Check
List
Inventory Existing Equipment
Document LAN Cabling
Locating Servers
Connecting Servers
Serial Lines
Key Terms
Further Reading
Chapter 3 - StreetTalk Naming Service
Overview
What Is StreetTalk?
StreetTalk Names
How StreetTalk Distributes Information
Creating StreetTalk Names
Format of StreetTalk Names
Valid Characters in a StreetTalk Name
How to Specify Names
Unique Names
Naming Users
Naming Groups
Naming Organizations
Report Program
Special StreetTalk Features
Default Group and Organization
StreetTalk Guaranteed Login
Searching for Names
Using StreetTalk Patterns
Working with Lists
AdminLists
Attributes
Administrator's Check
List
Key Terms
Further Reading
Chapter 4 - VINES Servers
Overview
Description of a Server
What a Server Does
What You Can Install in a Server
Printers
Planning the Start-Up
Information
Time Settings
Server Name
First Organization Name
Groups
Direct LAN Connections
Start-up Worksheet for Native VINES Servers
After a Server Starts
Assigning a Line
Starting Services
Running ICA Card Diagnostic Tests
Managing Server Codes
Adding Names to Your Server's AdminList
Preparing the Fixed Disk
Setting Time
Serial Communications
Connections
Internetwork Access Lists
Access Specifier
Worksheet
Connecting Servers Through
IBM Token-Ring Bridges
Token-Ring Bridge Option
Configuring AppleTalk
Phases
Ports
Network Numbers
Tunneling
LocalTalk
Printers
AppleTalk Filing Protocol Service
AppleTalk Planning Guidelines
Taking a Server off the
Network
Server Console
Management Functions
Remote Server Console
Memory Requirements
How Memory Is Partitioned
Estimating Total Server Memory Requirements
Memory Use Guidelines
Server Information
Administrator's Check
List
Key Terms
Further Reading
Chapter 5 - VINES Workstations
Overview
LAN Cards
Preparing LAN Connections
Expansion Bus
Selecting LAN Cards
Selecting LAN Drivers
Native VINES Drivers
Third-Party Interface Drivers
Managing Workstation and
Network Software
Workstation Operating Systems
Boot Files
Configuring Network Software
PCCOPY Program
REDIRECTOR Program
Managing DOS Memory
PCCONFIG Program
Diagnostic Routines
VCLIENT Program for OS/2
Managing Revisions
Source-Level Routing
Upgrading Network Software
Source-Level Routing on Macintosh Computers
Planning Guidelines
Administrator's Check
List
Key Terms
Further Reading
Chapter 6 - Managing Users
Overview
Adding Users to the Network
StreetTalk Requirements
User Profiles
General Profile Rules
Logging In to Multiple Clients
Profile Entries
Comments Within Profiles
Changing the Default Drive
Profile Commands
Sample and Template Profiles
Security Settings for
Users
Options for Security Settings
Ways to Control Users' Access
Guest Logins on Macintosh Computers
Getting Information About Users
Planning Guidelines
Administrator's Check
List
Key Terms
Further Reading
Chapter 7 - VINES System Software
and Special Applications
Overview
Utility Services
Server Service
VINES Security Service
VINES Files
Modifying Access Rights to Drive Z
Customizing Drive Z
Special Services
Netbios Services
STDA
Resource Sharing Services
AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP) Service
File Services
Print Services
Naming and Assigning Services
Performance Considerations
Macintosh Naming Rules
Administrator's Check
List
Key Terms
Further Reading
Chapter 8 - StreetTalk Directory
Assistance
Overview
STDA Database
STDA Classes
STDA User Interface
STDA Services
Guidelines
Rebuilding the Database
Planning for STDA
Calculating Disk Space Requirements
Sorting Names
Configuring Attributes
Locating STDA on the Network
Designating a Download Server
Scheduling Rebuilds
Creating Exclusion, Exception, and Inclusion
Lists
Performance Considerations
Transient Links and STDA
Network Size
Memory Requirements
STDA Logs
Administrator's Check
List
Key Terms
Further Reading
Chapter 9 - File Services
Overview
Components of File Sharing
Network File Volumes and Local Disk Drives
Using Directories on Network File Volumes
OS/2 File System and Extended Attribute
Support
Setting Up a Directory Hierarchy
File System Naming Rules
Summary of Naming Rules
Sharing Files with Different Formats
How VINES Handles Macintosh (AFP) Names
DOS and OS/2 Naming Rules
V Commands
Performance Considerations
Planning Guidelines
File Security Issues
Access Rights Lists (ARLs)
Access Rights of AdminList and Group Members
How to Set Security
Directories and New Files
Files
Guidelines for Access
Rights
Examples
VINES Access Rights Worksheet
Sharing Files in a Mixed
Environment
Macintosh View
Inheritance Rules
Macintosh Access Rights Worksheet
Blocking the User's View of Access Rights
UNIX View
File and Directory Attributes
VINES Attributes
Directory Attributes
Setting Attributes
Providing User Access to File Volumes
Managing File Services
Choosing a Backup Strategy
Routine Tasks
Administrator's Check
List
Key Terms
Further Reading
Chapter 10 - Print Services
Overview
Number of Print Services Per Server
Network and Local Printers
How Print Services Work
MSERVICE
SETPRINT
PCPRINT
Service and Client Programs
Destinations of a Print Service
Print Queues
Printing Under OS/2
Planning Print Services
Configuration Tasks
Adding a Print Service
Users, Operators, and Administrators
Setting Up an Alert List
Specifying Destinations
Destination Attributes
Configuration Parameters
Filters
Managing Print Services
Starting and Stopping Print Services
Providing Print Services to Users
Controlling Jobs in the Queue
Mixed Revision Networks
Planning Guidelines
Setting Up Print Services
Identifying Printers
Monitoring Disk Space
Examples of Print Services
Administrator's Check
List
Key Terms
Further Reading
Chapter 11 - Native VINES Options
Installing Optional Services
Option Codes
Description of Options
3270/SNA
Applications Toolkit
Assistant
Asynchronous Terminal Emulation
Intelligent Messaging
ISDN BRI Server-to-Server Communications
Macintosh Computers
Mail for Macintosh
Multilingual VINES
Network and Systems Management
PC Dial-in
PC Network Printing (PCPRINT)
Server-to-Server over SNA
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Agent
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Mail
Gateway
T1 Server-to-Server
TCP/IP
Token-Ring Bridge
WAN Server-to-Server
X.25
X.29
Further Reading
Chapter 12 - Routine Operations
Overview
Daily Server Operations
Monitoring Servers
Maintaining Security at the Server Console
Managing Printers and Print Services
Occasional Operations
Optimizing Your Network
Log Book
Troubleshooting
Log Files
Error Messages
What to Do Next
Summary of Tasks
Further Reading
Appendix A - Worksheets
Overview
LAN Cabling Worksheet
User Names Worksheet
Server and Group AdminList
Planning Worksheet
Server Name Worksheet
Server Start-up Worksheet
Internet Access Worksheet
PCCONFIG Worksheet for
DOS Workstations
Service Planning Worksheet
STDA Worksheet
Access Rights Worksheet
Macintosh Access Rights
Worksheet
File Attribute Worksheet
Directory Attribute Worksheet
Operator and User Name
Worksheet
Printer Destination Worksheet
Print Filter Worksheet
Weekly Full Backup Worksheet
Monthly Full Backup Worksheet
Incremental Backup Worksheet