Windows 2000 Services for NetWare

Microsoft provides several tools for integrating computers running Windows 2000 with computers running Novell Directory Services (NDS) versions 4. x , 5. x , and 8. x , or NetWare 2. x and 3. x bindery-based servers. Some of these tools are included with Windows 2000 Server or with Windows 2000 Professional, and other tools are available as separate Microsoft products.

IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol (NWLink)

NWLink is the Windows 2000 implementation of the Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange (IPX/SPX) protocol, which can be used for connectivity between computers running Windows 2000 and computers running NetWare. NWLink also provides the functionality of NetBIOS and Routing Information Protocol (RIP).

NWLink can also function as either a protocol that connects computers running Windows 2000, Microsoft® Windows NT®, Microsoft® Windows® for Workgroups 3.11, Microsoft® Windows® 95, and Microsoft® Windows® 98, or as a protocol that connects computers running Microsoft® MS-DOS®, when used in combination with a redirector. Additionally, NWLink functions as an alternative transport protocol for servers running Microsoft® Exchange Server, Microsoft® SQL Server ™ , and Microsoft® SNA Server.

NWLink is included with both Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional and installs automatically during Client Service for NetWare or Gateway Service for NetWare installation. Both Gateway Service for NetWare and Client Service for NetWare depend on the NWLink protocol.

Gateway Service for NetWare

Gateway Service for NetWare works with NWLink to provide access to NetWare file, print, and directory services by acting as a gateway through which multiple CIFS clients can access NetWare resources. With Gateway Service for NetWare, you can connect a computer running Windows 2000 Server to NetWare bindery-based servers and NetWare NDS servers through IPX. (If you want to use native IP to connect to a NetWare server, you must use a NetWare client instead.) Multiple Windows-based clients can then use Gateway Service for NetWare as a common gateway to access NetWare file, print, and directory services, without requiring an NCP-compatible.

Gateway Service for NetWare also supports direct access to NetWare services from the computer running Windows 2000 Server, in the same way that Client Service for NetWare supports direct access from the client computer. Additionally, Gateway Service for NetWare supports NetWare login scripts.

Gateway Service for NetWare is included only with Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server and Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server.

Client Service for NetWare

Like Gateway Service for NetWare, Client Service for NetWare works with NWLink to provide access to NetWare file, print, and directory services. However, rather than acting as a gateway for clients, Client Service for NetWare enables clients to connect directly to file and printer services on NetWare bindery-based servers and NetWare servers running NDS through IPX. Client Service for NetWare also supports NetWare login scripts.

Client Service for NetWare is included only with Windows 2000 Professional.

Note

Instead of using Client Service for NetWare, you can use Novell Client for Windows 2000.

Directory Services Migration Tool

Directory Services Migration Tool (DSMigrate) enables you to migrate user accounts, groups, files, and permissions from either an NDS or a bindery-based NetWare server to Windows 2000 Active Directory ™ directory service. The tool also supports trial migrations, allowing you to model and test the migration before committing it to Active Directory.

Windows NT version 4.0 supports two additional NetWare connectivity tools. At this writing, the tools run only on servers running Windows NT 4.0. For updates, see the ResourceLink link on the Web Resources page at https://windows.microsoft.com/windows2000/reskit/webresources .

File and Print Services for NetWare

File and Print Services for NetWare enables a computer running Windows NT 4.0 to emulate a NetWare 3.1 x server, directly providing file and print services to IPX-based client computers, such as NetWare computers. The Windows NT 4.0 server appears as any other NetWare server to the NetWare clients, and the clients can access volumes, files, and printers through the server. No changes or additions to the NetWare client software are necessary.

Directory Service Manager for NetWare

Directory Service Manager for NetWare extends Windows NT 4.0 Server directory service features to NetWare servers. With it, you can add NetWare servers to Windows NT domains and manage a single set of user and group accounts that are valid at multiple servers running either Windows NT Server or NetWare. Users need only one user account, with one password, to gain access to these servers.