Networking components

Networking functionality is provided in several components included with the SCO OpenServer distribution. The distribution products and component packages may be viewed from the Software Manager; for more information, see ``Examining software packages''.

The following components are included with the SCO OpenServer Connectivity package:

• SCO Network Drivers -- the individual networking adapter drivers and the Network Configuration Manager configuration framework

• Network Installation Boot Modules.

• SCO IPX/SPX Runtime System, including:

  • IPX/SPX Base Runtime System, which enables your system to act as a terminal server for DOS NetWare clients and as a NetWare router. SCO IPX/SPX is also required for SCO Gateway for NetWare.

  • IPX/SPX Graphical Tools and Related Utilities, which allow you to manage IPX/SPX servers.

  • IPX/SPX Runtime System Manual Pages.

• SCO TCP/IP Runtime System, including:

  • TCP/IP Runtime utilities and drivers, which provide the basis for TCP/IP networking.

  • SNMP Agent Runtime Set, which enables your system to run the Simple Network Management Protocol to monitor and manipulate resources across the network.

  • NetBIOS Runtime utilities and drivers, which allow products such as LAN Manager Client to run over TCP/IP.

  • Remote Line Printing Runtime Set.

  • PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) Runtime utilities and drivers, which enable your system to run TCP/IP over serial lines.

  • TCP/IP administration tools.
    

  • SNMP administration tools.

  • TCP/IP Documentation, including this guide.
  
  

• SCO NFS^® Runtime System, including:

  • Base Network File System (NFS), including automount(NADM).

  • Network Information Service (NIS), a distributed database that allows administrators to centralize common system administrative files. For more information, see ``Distributed management framework''.
    

  • Remote Execution (REX).

  • Network Lock Manager (NLM).

  • NFS Documentation, including all NFS manual pages.
  
  

• SCO LAN Manager Client, which allows your system to access applications and files from a LAN Manager server. The basic component and documentation (manual pages) are included.

• SCO Gateway for NetWare, including:

  • SCO Gateway for NetWare Base Runtime System, which allows your system to access applications and files on a NetWare server.

  • SCO Gateway for NetWare Print System, which allows your system to access printers on a NetWare server.

  • SCO Gateway for NetWare Graphical Tools and Related Utilities, which ease administration of the SCO Gateway for NetWare.

  • SCO Gateway for NetWare Documentation, including manual pages.

• UNIX System Mail Utilities:

  • SCO Mail User Agents.

  • The MMDF (Multichannel Memorandum Distribution Facility) SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) channel.

  • The sendmail runtime system.

• UUCP Utilities:

  • The uucp(C), cu(C), and ct(C) communications utilities.

  • High-speed modem dialers for UUCP.

  • mail(C), micnet, and other local message programs.

In addition to the networking components included with your SCO OpenServer distribution, SCO offers two products that provide distributed filesystem and printing services: SCO Advanced File and Print Server and Samba File and Print Server for SCO OpenServer. These products are included on the Optional Services CD-ROM. See the Optional Services README files for more information.