AFP parameter configuration and administration through iManager. For more information, see Section 5.0, Administering the AFP Server.

Support for Macintosh OS 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6.

Integration with Novell eDirectory.

Migration capability from NetWare to SuSe Linux Enterprise Server. For more information, see Section 6.0, Migrating AFP from NetWare to OES 2 SP3 Linux.

Cross-Protocol File Locking support between AFP, CIFS, and NCP. For more information, see Novell AFP Supports Cross-Protocol File Locking with NCP for NSS Volumes.

Auditing support for File Access activities. For more information, see Section 11.0, Auditing the AFP Server.

Bonjour support for the AFP service discovery using the Bonjour protocol.

Auditing and Monitoring support. Auditing framework helps you to monitor the authentication process and the Monitoring framework helps you assess the performance of the AFP server. For more information, see Section 11.0, Auditing the AFP Server and Section 10.0, Monitoring the AFP Server.

Support for Unicode filenames.

Support for Universal Passwords longer than 8 characters.

Clustering support for high availability. For more information, see Section 8.0, Configuring AFP with Novell Cluster Services for an NSS File System.