How to create a Directory Agent with NetWare 5.

(Last modified: 09Sep2002)

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goal

Configuration of pure IP and NetWare 5.

Setting up IP only with NetWare 5.

fact

Formerly TID 2943657

Novell NetWare 5.0

Novell NetWare 5.1

symptom

Migrating from IPX to IP.

Migrating from 4.x to 5.x.

Workstations cannot login to NetWare 5 via pure IP.

Workstations dialing in across a Shiva LAN Rover can't connect to NetWare 5 via IP.

Workstations can't connect to a pure IP NetWare 5 server.

Workstations dialing in with NIAS can't log into the NetWare 5 servers.

Changed routers to ip only routers from IPX now they can only login using IP addresses manually.

cause

A Directory Agent (DA) on a NetWare5 server acts as a repository of all the Service Agents that it can "see". When a NetWare5 client boots up using IP, it will look for a DA that can point it to the desired resources on the network.

fix

How to configure a DA:
Load SLPDA on the server, and accept the default configuration. This will automatically create an SLP Scope Unit and an SLP Directory Agent in your tree, and you will be ready to go.

ALTERNATIVELY,
In NWAdmin32, create an SLP Scope Unit, and an SLP Directory Agent.
        Under the Configuration tab for the DA select the Host Server.
      Under the SLP Scope Units tab add the scope to the Serviced Scope Units.
   Then load SLPDA on the server.

When the DA is initialized (i.e. when SLPDA is loaded), the DA server will multicast for all Service Agents (SAs), and will build a table of all responding Service Agents. SAs refresh their information with the DA every hour. See Overview of the SLP Protocol for more information.

document

Document Title:	How to create a Directory Agent with NetWare 5.
Document ID:	10014211
Solution ID:	4.0.21369320.2273210
Creation Date:	12Aug1999
Modified Date:	09Sep2002
Novell Product Class:	NetWare Novell eDirectory

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