Administering SCO IPX/SPX
IPX/SPX is the suite of protocols underlying the Novell®
network operating system, NetWare. SCO provides this protocol
as part of SCO OpenServer Desktop and Enterprise Systems.
SCO IPX/SPX allows you to connect SCO systems
and NetWare networks;
it supports remote logins from NetWare clients and distributed
applications over NetWare networks
and acts as the underlying transport protocol for SCO Gateway for NetWare.
The Novell NetWare network operating system
allows the sharing of information
among desktop computers and network servers
over a local area network (LAN).
NetWare can be divided into three components:
NetWare server, NetWare clients, and transport protocol.
NetWare server
controls operation of the network and provides the core
functionality for the network file system, memory management and
scheduling of processing tasks such as file and print-sharing
and
handles functionality common to many users, such as
file- and record-locking and database queries.
NetWare clients
deal with end-user-intensive activities.
Transport protocol
facilitates communication between the server and the clients.
This chapter helps you:
Understand
how IPX/SPX works,
including what protocols are used, how packets are routed
and delivered, and what underlying configuration files
affect stack configuration.
Manage IPX/SPX,
including monitoring services, routing, and other protocol-specific
information, starting and stopping IPX/SPX, logging into NVT
servers, and testing IPX/SPX.
For a description of additional helpful documentation about IPX/SPX,
see
``For more about IPX/SPX''.
For information on installing and configuring IPX/SPX, see
Chapter 1, ``Configuring network connections'' in Configuring Network Connections.