HP ProLiant 1500 Compaq Tips and Tricks for NetWare 5 - Page 6

Compaq Tips and Tricks for NetWare 5 6 (+) or (-) to cycle through remote windows, the GUI will not appear, even if it's active on the server. For easy console access, just add the following to the end of your AUTOEXEC.NCF file: REMOTE [somepassword] RSPX Now you'll always have access to the console-without any extra work. Just load RCONSOLE.EXE from SYS:PUBLIC (usually on the Z:drive); select SPX; then pick a server. Need an encrypted password? Easy. Just type REMOTE. Then type REMOTE ENCRYPT [yourpassword]. You'll then see the command syntax to use for adding your encrypted password to the AUTOEXEC.NCF file. At the prompt, type YES, which writes the information to LDREMOTE.NCF. IMPORTANT: Don't use the REMOTE command to change your current password. If you have used INETCFG to set your remote password, you must use the same command to change your password. Driver and Utility Tips Many of the drivers and utilities that Compaq provides can be found on the SmartStart and Support Software CD-ROM and the Compaq Management CD-ROM, both of which ship with your server. Most of these products are called NetWare Loadable Modules or simply NLMs. Here you have it: the scoop on those NLMs. NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) are powerful code packages, or programs, that give you more control of your system. If you really want to enhance your computer system, learn which NLMs exist, how they optimize performance, and where you can retrieve them. For simplicity, Novell even removed the LOAD command in NetWare 5 so you can save some keystrokes. To launch NLMs without the LOAD command, simply type the module name. (In a year's time this saves a lot of keystrokes.) • To check if a specific module has been loaded, enter the MODULES command, followed by the name of the module: [MODULE_NAME]. When searching for a particular module, wildcards are allowed. If you forget the module's name, you can just type MODULES. You can then view the list of every NLM that has been loaded since the server started. • Some NLMs are contained inside the SERVER.EXE file and are always proceeded by an asterisk (*). These NLMs are called Bound-In and are loaded in a predetermined order when you start the server. Also see the section: "Server Installation and Configuration." • JAR.NLM, TAR.NLM, and ZIP.NLM are included with NetWare 5 and give you commandline access to compression utilities. There is no need to download the files separately. • NWCONFIG.NLM now replaces INSTALL.NLM. • The Novell Event Bus (NEB.NLM) facilitates communication between the software modules, such as CPQHLTH.NLM and NWPA.NLM; management agents; and device drivers. That's why you must remember to load NEB.NLM before the CPQHLTH.NLM driver and before any command to manually load HAMs or CDMs, which would force NWPA to be loaded. • Make certain that the latest versions of drivers and other NLMs are located in both C:\NWSERVER and C:\NWSERVER\DRIVERS. Why? Because NetWare 5 searches C:\NWSERVER and C:\NWSERVER\DRIVERS for drivers when a new hot-pluggable device 118R-1099A-WWEN