The latest release of NetWare–version 5.1–has a
management tool called the NetWare Web Manager that allows you to manage various
services using a Web browser. These include the NetWare Enterprise Web Server,
News Server, Web Search Server, and Multimedia Server. In addition to this, you
can also manage various aspects of your Novell Directory Services, and also do
cluster management. We’ll discuss how you can set up the Web Manager to do
this.
The NetWare Web Manager automatically gets installed when you
install any of the Web services that we’ve mentioned. To access it, you need
any Web browser that supports Java and JavaScript, like IE 4.x or above, or
Netscape Communicator.
The Web Manager works over a secure link, so when accessing
it, you must use HTTPS instead of the regular HTTP. You must also specify a port
number, which by default is set to 2200.
The main page in Web Manager is the General Administration page. You |
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All this makes NetWare servers and resources on them |
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In addition to this, you can also obtain various statistics of your NetWare server using a Web browser. For this, type the IP address of the server. Here, you’ll find a login button. Click that button and you’ll be prompted to enter a username and password with administrative rights |
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After entering, you have access to a wealth of management information |
Anil Chopra