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- NOVELL OPEN SYSTEMS PRODUCTS PROVIDE INTERNETWORKING CONNECTIONS FOR
- NETWARE USERS
- NetWare Protocol Engine Supports TCP/IP and OSI Standards
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- BOSTON, Mass., NETWORLD -- February 11, 1991 -- Novell, Inc., developer of
- NetWare systems software products, today underscored its commitment to
- industry standards and open systems networking by including a complete
- TCP/IP transport protocol implementation in the core NetWare v3.11 network
- operating system. The company also announced NetWare FTAM, a
- GOSIP-compliant file transfer implementation that links NetWare v3.11
- servers with the OSI networking environment.
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- Novell's TCP/IP, implemented as a set of NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs),
- is a platform for interoperable services among TCP/IP-compliant systems and
- applications. It also leverages the NetWare v3.11 modular architecture,
- which supports simultaneous multiple protocols and services, to integrate
- Novell's IPX protocols and TCP/IP traffic on the same network.
-
- "We're seeing more and more customers who need to integrate their NetWare
- environments with TCP/IP systems," said Bob Davis, director of product
- marketing at Novell's San Jose development center. "Including TCP/IP in
- the core operating system provides a seamless NetWare-TCP/IP integration
- solution, reaffirms Novell's ongoing commitment to industry standards and
- enhances NetWare's position as the most versatile and functional network
- computing platform on the market today."
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- Novell's TCP/IP performs four primary functions:
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- o Standard IP routing -- through Novell's TCP/IP, NetWare v3.11 supports
- dynamic IP routing, using TCP/IP's Routing Information Protocol (RIP),
- as well as static routing. TCP/IP packets can be routed across
- separate network segments of similar (e.g., Ethernet-to-Ethernet) or
- dissimilar (e.g., Ethernet-to-Token Ring) topologies.
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- o NetWare services over TCP/IP -- NetWare can take advantage of IP
- routing to move IPX packets across the TCP/IP internet. This
- leverages existing IP infrastructures, such as campus or corporate
- backbones, and offers simplified network administration, since TCP/IP
- is the only protocol present on the wire.
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- o Standard application development support -- Novell's TCP/IP includes
- TLI (Transport Link Interface), Socket Libraries and RPC (Remote
- Procedure Call) APIs (application programming interfaces), enabling
- interoperability with other standard TCP/IP implementations and giving
- programmers a familiar and consistent development environment.
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- o Network management -- Novell's TCP/IP features an SNMP (Simple Network
- Management Protocol) agent, allowing NetWare v3.11 TCP/IP protocols to
- be administered by any network monitoring device that employs SNMP,
- such as Novell's LANtern network monitor.
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- NetWare FTAM
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- Novell also announced NetWare FTAM, a file transfer facility for exchanging
- data in a multi-vendor OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) environment.
- NetWare FTAM (File Transfer, Access and Management) is a server-based
- application for the NetWare v3.11 environment and runs at the application
- layer of a full seven-layer OSI protocol implementation. NetWare FTAM
- gives NetWare servers full participation on OSI-based internetworks,
- similar in nature to Novell's NetWare NFS in TCP/IP environments.
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- As a result of Novell's participation in various domestic and international
- OSI standards bodies and compatibility testing organizations, such as
- OSINET and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Testing), NetWare FTAM
- is fully compliant with the United States' Government OSI Profile (GOSIP)
- specifications.
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- "With US GOSIP 1.0, OSI has emerged as an important interconnection
- standard worldwide and Novell will continue to support it as it evolves,"
- Davis said. "NetWare FTAM, and the underlying OSI protocols, give our
- customers in government agencies and large corporate installations the
- ability to plan migration and coexistence strategies as OSI becomes more
- prevalent."
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- Pricing and Availability
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- Novell's TCP/IP implementation is included in the NetWare v3.11 operating
- system at no extra charge. In the United States and Canada, NetWare FTAM
- lists for U.S. $4995 and will be available in April 1991 from all Novell
- Platinum resellers and qualified Novell Gold resellers.
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- For pricing outside the United States and Canada, customers should contact
- their local Novell Authorized reseller.
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- Novell, Inc., (NASDAQ: NOVL) develops NetWare systems software products
- that manage and control the sharing of data across a variety of network
- computing environments, including computer workgroups, departmental
- networks and business-wide information systems.
-
- Contact:
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- Kelli Christensen
- Novell, Inc.
- 801/429-5933
-