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- NOVELL ANNOUNCES LANALYZER FOR WINDOWS v2.0
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- NetWare Expert Automates Troubleshooting, Gives Users
- In-Depth Training in Network Analysis Techniques;
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- Version 2.0 Adds Token Ring and TCP/IP Support
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- BOSTON, MA -- NETWORLD -- January 11, 1993 -- To help
- network managers and service professionals better manage and
- maintain their NetWare networks, Novell Inc. today announced
- LANalyzer for Windows v2.0, a next-generation network
- analysis product that includes both automatic problem
- diagnostic capabilities and extensive interactive network
- troubleshooting training. Version 2.0 also supports 4- and
- 16-Mbps token ring topologies, decodes TCP/IP traffic, and
- monitors IPX and AppleTalk routers.
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- LANalyzer for Windows, previously called LANalyzer for
- NetWare, is an affordable, easy-to-use monitoring and
- troubleshooting system designed to manage the interaction
- among networked devices. The only network analyzer running
- under Windows, this release expands the product's
- capabilities by including the NetWare Expert, an intelligent
- troubleshooting system that automates analysis functions
- while training users in the fundamentals of network
- diagnostics.
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- "Even small networks are inherently complex because of the
- virtually limitless number of possible interactions among the
- nodes," said Navindra Jain, vice president and general
- manager of Novell's Network Management and Internetworking
- Products Division. "The goal of this product is simple:
- give all NetWare troubleshooters, regardless of their
- expertise, a tool that's easy to understand and use at a
- competitive price."
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- HEL, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based integrator and service
- provider, served as a beta site for LANalyzer for Windows
- v2.0. "This generation of LANalyzer for Windows is amazing,"
- said Howard Lubert, president of HEL, Inc. and vice chairman
- of the international board of LANDA (Local Area Network
- Dealers' Association). "Not only does it now support token
- ring LANs, the built-in expert system makes it possible for
- anyone who can install the software on their LAN to quickly
- become a NetWare guru."
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- KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
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- Novell's LANalyzer for Windows is designed to make complex
- network analysis and management functions as easy to
- understand and use as possible. Users navigate the product
- using the familiar Windows mouse-driven system. The
- product's initial interface is an automotive "dashboard,"
- which displays network statistics on three circular gauges
- with needles that move to indicate levels of key network
- activity, including traffic rates, bandwidth utilization and
- errors. LANalyzer for Windows detects common problems and
- alerts users to network anomalies through a system of warning
- lights, audible alarms and text descriptions of error
- conditions. LANalyzer for Windows v2.0 offers the following
- features and functions:
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- -o- NetWare Expert -- Unique to LANalyzer for Windows,
- NetWare Expert helps users understand the complex information
- the product generates. It automatically discovers and
- diagnoses more than 20 common network problems and offers
- users suggestions on how to fix those problems.
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- NetWare Expert also includes an eight-hour animated computer-
- based training course on network analysis. Used as an
- adaptive learning tool, NetWare Expert quizzes users on their
- knowledge of token ring and Ethernet, identifies their
- strengths and trains them on their weaknesses. NetWare
- Expert is also a reference tool. As a reference tool, users
- can select a topic, such as "CRC errors," and NetWare Expert
- explains the event, lists its symptoms and causes, and
- suggests solutions.
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- -o- Automatic problem diagnosis -- NetWare Expert lets users
- obtain information about any specific network alarm by
- double-clicking on the appropriate entry in the event log.
- NetWare Expert lists symptoms associated with a particular
- alarm, and offers suggestions on how to correct the problem.
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- -o- Token ring and Ethernet support -- LANalyzer for Windows
- now supports the two most widely used networking topologies,
- token ring and Ethernet. LANalyzer for Windows includes
- routines to find and fix the most common token ring problems,
- including failing interface cards, overloaded stations and
- failing multi-station access units (MSAUs).
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- -o- TCP/IP support -- LANalyzer for Windows includes decodes
- for the TCP/IP protocol suite. This extends the product's
- decoding capabilities beyond the NetWare Lite, NetWare 2.x,
- NetWare 3.x, and AppleTalk Phase 1 and 2 decodes that shipped
- with the 1.0 version.
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- -o- IPX and AppleTalk router monitoring -- Release 2.0 adds
- a warning light that notifies users of an IPX or AppleTalk
- Phase 1 or 2 router failure.
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- -o- Server monitoring -- LANalyzer for Windows continuously
- monitors NetWare and AppleTalk file and print servers.
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- -o- Additional sources of networking information --
- LANalyzer for Windows includes a VHS and PAL format video
- tape that describes six of the most common networking
- problems and tells users how to identify and fix them. The
- product also includes a book on network analysis that
- incorporates Novell's collective experience on networking and
- troubleshooting.
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- -o- Application launcher -- LANalyzer for Windows can
- execute a user-defined application when an alarm is
- generated. For example, in the event of a critical network
- error condition, such as an overloaded server, LANalyzer for
- Windows can trigger an application that notifies the
- technician responsible for maintaining that server.
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- -o- Decode software development kit -- The LANalyzer for
- Windows SDK lets developers write their own decodes for
- protocols not supported in this product.
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- PRICING, AVAILABILITY AND UPGRADE
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- Novell's LANalyzer for Windows, a complete network
- monitoring and analysis system for NetWare networks, will be
- available through Novell distribution channels at the end of
- January 1993. The suggested list price is US$1,495.
- LANalyzer for Windows v1.0 users can upgrade to v2.0 for
- US$500. The upgrade offer begins in February 1993 and will
- continue for six months.
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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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- The LANalyzer for Windows protocol decode development kit
- can be purchased from Novell Developer Relations. Interested
- parties should call 1-800-REDWORD (1-800-733-9673).
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- ADDITIONAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FROM NOVELL
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- The LANalyzer product line also includes the original
- LANalyzer, currently in version 3.11a. It features the
- expert Automated Troubleshooting System, full decodes for 18
- distinct networking environments, a specialized network
- analysis interface card, LANalyzer operational software and
- extensive documentation. Versions for Ethernet or token ring
- (4- and 16-Mbps) topologies list for US$12,500. A combined
- Ethernet and token ring version lists for US$19,980.
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- Novell's family of network management products also
- includes the NetWare Management System; the LANtern network
- monitoring system; and the hardware-independent NetWare
- intelligent hub solution.
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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 products including NetWare
- and DR DOS. 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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- Steve Genova
- Novell, Inc.
- 408-473-8381
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- Communications Plus
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