PMDF Obsolete Features
PMDF-OBS-6.0
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6.1 Direct OpenVMS client access to a NetWare file server
Use of the MultiWare client API allows an OpenVMS process to read and
write files directly from and to a Novell NetWare file server's disks.
It only applies when all four of the following conditions are met:
- The OpenVMS system hosting PMDF has Cisco MultiNet V3.2D² or
later installed which includes the MultiWare client API library.
- You have configured MultiNet to turn on the IPX/SPX network
protocol stack for your network device. See the MultiNet manuals for
information now how to enable the LAN interface for IPX. You need to
provide the NetWare network number and encapsulation type being used on
your existing NetWare network.
- The PC mail system is stored on a NetWare file server.
- The PC mail system's NetWare file server and the OpenVMS system
are on the same physical, usually Ethernet, network or on the same
logical network by having Novell packets bridged or routed. A logical
network such as this is sometimes referred to as an extended LAN.
When this is your configuration, there is no need for the transfer PC.
PMDF uses the MultiWare client API library, included with Cisco
MultiNet, to retrieve inbound messages directly from the NetWare
server. PMDF also creates outbound messages directly on that same
server's disks. All transfers are completely controlled and managed by
processes on the OpenVMS system.
Note
² MultiNet V3.2B and C may not work in your
network configuration. They are identical in that they only support
Ethernet (Novell Ethernet_II) and 802.2 (Novell Ethernet_SNAP)
encapsulations. Also, revisions B and C do not correctly handle dropped
packets. Revision D supports all encapsulations.
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