IP Install Option
Servers installed with IP alone have both the TCP/IP and the IPX stacks loaded, but only the TCP/IP stack is bound to the network adapter. (Systems installed with IP and IPX are configured to establish NCP connections over either the TCP/IP stack or over the IPX stack.) Figure 5 shows the relationship between the protocol stacks when installing a system with IP only.
Figure 5
IP Only Architecture Diagram
The IPX stack is loaded on systems installed with IP to give those systems the ability to execute IPX applications and to connect with IPX systems through a Migration Agent.
NetWare 6 servers installed with IP only have the following capabilities:
- They can establish NCPTM connections with clients installed with one of the install options that include IP.
- They can establish NCP connections through a Migration Agent with pre-NetWare 6 clients (these clients support only NCP connections over IPX) or with NetWare 6 clients installed with IPX.
- They can execute IPX applications and communicate directly with other NetWare 6 systems installed with IP.
- They can execute IPX applications and communicate through a Migration Agent with IPX nodes.
NetWare 6 clients installed with IP have the following capabilities:
- They can establish NCP connections with servers installed with one of the install options that include IP.
- They can establish NCP connections through a Migration Agent with pre-NetWare 6 servers (these servers support only NCP connections over IPX) or with NetWare 6 servers installed with IPX only.
- They can execute IPX applications and communicate directly with other NetWare 6 systems installed with IP.
- They can execute IPX applications and communicate through a Migration Agent with IPX nodes.
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