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- NOVELL INTRODUCES NETWARE SERVICES MANAGER
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- NetWare Management Map Graphs Full Set of NetWare Resources
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- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- February 5, 1992 -- Novell, Inc., today
- announced NetWare Services Manager v1.0 for both Microsoft Windows
- and OS/2, network management applications that provide centralized
- monitoring and control of the NetWare environment by leveraging and
- extending NetWare's built-in diagnostic capabilities. NSM includes
- NetWare Management Maps for both environments which display icons
- representing all devices on NetWare networks.
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- NetWare Services Manager (NSM) applications run on MS-Windows or
- OS/2-Presentation Manager workstations and are launched via
- Novell's NetWare Management Map. These products deliver cohesive
- NetWare management, providing systems administrators with a
- comprehensive overview of their NetWare environment.
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- "With NetWare Services Manager, Novell assumes full responsibility
- for managing the complete set of NetWare services -- those products
- that we deliver to customers," said John Edwards, vice president of
- marketing for Novell's NetWare Products Division. "We've focused
- on making our management system intuitive and easy-to-use, while
- giving it the power required to manage a global NetWare
- environment."
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- "We're excited about Novell's NetWare Services Manager," said Mike
- Williams, manager of networks and telecommunications for the San
- Francisco-based law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. "It's
- exactly what we've been looking for. The performance looks good,
- the user interface is intuitive and the product seems very
- flexible. Not only is it the one solution for all our network
- management needs, it's extremely cost-effective." Brobeck, Phleger
- & Harrison's network spans five branch offices and includes
- approximately 1200 nodes, primarily PC/AT-class workstations,
- interacting with NetWare running on NetFRAME servers.
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- NetWare Management Map Key Features and Benefits Novell's NetWare
- Management Map (NMM) automates resource management, reduces network
- downtime and optimizes network performance. It automatically
- discovers NetWare devices, maps them and continuously monitors them
- in realtime. NMM stores and continually updates all network
- information in a central record manager, using Novell's Btrieve
- database engine.
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- Key features include:
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- o Auto-discovery -- NMM eliminates manual inventory by
- automatically discovering and logically mapping all devices on
- a NetWare network, quickly and completely. As an example, NSM
- recently discovered and mapped Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's
- 1200-node network in about one-half hour, a task that could
- have taken days without auto-discovery.
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- o Global network view -- Combined with NMM's automated mapping
- capability, users can easily manage and maintain NetWare
- devices, regardless of their location. This allows network
- managers located at an organization's headquarters to control
- and monitor remote resources, leveraging centralized expertise
- while saving time and travel expenses.
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- o Graphical user interface -- In either Windows or Presentation
- Manager environments, NMM provides a standardized, easy-to-use
- navigational system that remains consistent for all devices on
- the network. Management applications, including NSM, are
- launched via NMM by simply selecting and double-clicking on
- the appropriate icon on the map.
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- o On-line help -- provides an overview of procedures and
- policies for managing the network, as well as providing
- information on specific network events and suggested problem
- resolution.
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- o Continuous network monitoring -- NMM and associated
- applications can run in the background, freeing up the
- computer for other tasks while the applications compile
- network statistics and log network events and errors.
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- NetWare Services Manager Key Features and Benefits
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- The NetWare Services Manager applications allow comprehensive
- NetWare control and monitoring of NetWare servers and workstations.
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- Key features include:
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- o Server and workstation schematics -- provides an overview of
- the services and hardware resident on the server and its
- configuration. For example, double-clicking on a NetWare
- server icon opens a window which displays graphical views of
- available RAM, disk utilization, and what types of network
- interface cards are installed in the server.
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- o User-defined alert thresholds -- users can set their own
- thresholds for a variety of parameters relating to server
- performance and configuration, such as the number of open
- files on the server and client/server transactions. When these
- thresholds are exceeded, alarms are automatically generated
- and appear on the map.
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- o Printer and printer queue configuration and status -- NSM
- automatically locates NetWare printers and their print queues
- and displays associated information, such as active jobs in
- the print queue.
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- o NLM monitor -- automatically displays a list of NLMs actively
- running on the server and associated memory utilization,
- names, versions numbers, and copyright information.
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- o Automatic server fault and alert notification -- the entire
- NetWare environment can be monitored at once. Network
- managers can quickly isolate network problems, whatever the
- source, and quickly and efficiently respond to preempt further
- network disruption.
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- Pricing and Availability
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- NetWare Services Manager for either OS/2 or Windows will be
- available through Novell's distribution channels in April 1992 for
- the suggested list price of US$4995. The NetWare Management Map is
- included with NSM at no extra charge. The NetWare Management Map
- for OS/2 is also included with NetWare Services for OS/2, which was
- introduced in December 1991.
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- One NetWare Management Agent, software that resides in the NetWare
- server and reports network statistics and events to the network
- management applications, is included with each NSM product. NetWare
- Management Agents (one is needed per NetWare 3.x server) will also
- be available in April (please see the accompanying news release).
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- Pricing applies in the United States and Canada only. For pricing
- outside the United States and Canada, customers should contact
- their local Novell Authorized reseller.
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- Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software
- company, the developer of network services, specialized and general
- purpose operating system software products including NetWare, DR
- DOS, DR Multiuser DOS and FlexOS. Novell's NetWare network
- computing products manage and control the sharing of services, data
- and applications among computer workgroups, departmental networks
- and business-wide information systems.
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