SCO® UnixWare® 2.1 Technical Summary An SCO Technical White Paper February 1996 TM An SCO Technical White Paper Version 1.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................4 SCO UNIXWARE 2.1 STRENGTHS .......................................................................................................................................................5 WHAT’S NEW IN SCO UNIXWARE 2.1..................................................................................................................................................6 SCO UNIXWARE 2.1 PRODUCT LINE OVERVIEW .....................................................................................8 SCO UNIXWARE 2.1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................10 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS SCO UNIXWARE 2.1...............................................................................................................................10 APPLICATION SUPPORT .....................................................................................................................................................................10 THE SCO UNIXWARE 2.1 KERNEL: INSIDE A HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENGINE ..................................................................................................10 UnixWare 2.1 Symmetrical Multi-Processing and Threads ............................................................................... 11 SCO UnixWare 2.1 Device Driver Support........................................................................................................ 12 Asynchronous I/O .............................................................................................................................................. 12 UNIXWARE 2.1 FILE SYSTEM SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................................12 The Veritas File System..................................................................................................................................... 13 CD-ROM Filesystem (cdfs)................................................................................................................................ 14 Network File System (NFS) ............................................................................................................................... 14 NetWare UNIX Client File System (NUCFS) ..................................................................................................... 14 UNIXWARE 2.1 NETWORKING ...........................................................................................................................................................14 TCP/IP Protocols ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Internet Application Services ............................................................................................................................. 15 Network API Services........................................................................................................................................ 16 Service Access Facility...................................................................................................................................... 16 Authentication Services ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Name Services .................................................................................................................................................. 17 UNIXWARE 2.1 NETWARE INTEGRATION..............................................................................................................................................18 UnixWare 2.1 as a NetWare client .................................................................................................................... 18 NetWare Protocols ............................................................................................................................................ 18 NetWare UNIX Client (NUC) ............................................................................................................................. 19 NUC File System (NUCFS) ............................................................................................................................... 19 NUC Auto-Mounter (NUCAM)............................................................................................................................ 20 Command Line Utilities...................................................................................................................................... 21 NetWare API’s ................................................................................................................................................... 21 File Name/Permission Mapping......................................................................................................................... 21 Access to NetWare Server Console .................................................................................................................. 21 Remote Backup on NetWare Servers................................................................................................................ 22 SNMP Support and Instrumentation.................................................................................................................. 22 DOS and Windows Terminal Emulator Support................................................................................................. 22 NETWARE SERVICES FOR SCO UNIXWARE 2.1 (NWS) ..........................................................................22 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR NETWARE SERVICES (NWS).........................................................................................................................22 NETWARE SERVICES (NWS) OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................................................................22 NetWare 4.1 Directory Services™ (NDS) ........................................................................................................... 22 NetWare 4.1 File Services................................................................................................................................. 23 NetWare 4.1 Print Services ............................................................................................................................... 23 Graphical Administration of NWS ...................................................................................................................... 23 NetWare 4.1 Volume Management ................................................................................................................... 24 NWS User Management.................................................................................................................................... 24 NWS Backup and Restore................................................................................................................................. 24 UNIXWARE 2.1 INSTALLATION............................................................................................................................................................24 UNIXWARE 2.1 PRINTING.................................................................................................................................................................25 UNIXWARE 2.1 ELECTRONIC MAIL .....................................................................................................................................................25 UNIXWARE 2.1 SECURITY ................................................................................................................................................................26 UNIXWARE 2.1 NETWORK MANAGEMENT............................................................................................................................................27 INTERNATIONALIZATION (I18N) AND LOCALIZATION (L10N)....................................................................................................................27 DESKTOP UTILITIES AND ADMINISTRATION ..............................................................................................................................................28 DESKTOP WINDOWS ........................................................................................................................................................................29 The UnixWare Desktop Window........................................................................................................................ 29 The Admin Tools Folder [desktop/Admin_Tools]............................................................................................... 30 The Networking Folder [desktop/Admin_Tools/Networking].............................................................................. 31 The Applications Folder [desktop/Applications]................................................................................................. 32 The Preferences Folder [desktop/Preferences]................................................................................................. 32 2 SCO UnixWare 2.1 ONLINE DATA MANAGER PRODUCT OVERVIEW