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- Number: A2TH073190U228
- Subject: Some Product Marketing Questions and Answers
- Date: August 21, 1990
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- GENERAL
- INFORMATION:
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- Q) NetWare 386 auto boot is not supported and the DOS
- partition is no longer accessable after the IBM SCSI driver
- is loaded. Is there a resolution to this problem?
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- A) The NetWare 386 v3.1 driver fixes this problem.
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- Q) Does performance drop with the addition of NLMs? If
- so, how much?
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- A) Yes, but the degree depends on the disk and memory
- requirements. If the machine has low disk availability
- and low memory, then the degradation will become apparent
- more quickly.
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- Q) What is the status of multiple processor support in
- NetWare 386? Is there a development schedule or just done
- if spare time is available?
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- A) There is currently no development schedule but it is
- being considered at this time.
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- Q) Do we have any comparisons between Banyan and Novell
- products, specifically NetWare 386 with NetWare Name Service
- and Banyan with Global Naming Service, that can be sent to
- customers?
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- A) We have nothing that can be sent to customers. There is
- a comparison to Banyan Vines with Street Talk in the Name
- Service Sales Guide.
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- Q) Which IBM Bridges do the source routing drivers for
- Token-Ring work with?
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- A) They work with all three IBM Bridges (both versions).
- You have to have new source routing drivers which are on
- NetWire or in the NetWare 386 v3.1 product.
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- Q) Do the latest Token-Ring source routing drivers support
- limiting which bridges the packets will cross?
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- A) Yes, because of the single route broadcast feature.
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- (X) This information was verified by marketing.
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