Networking CD ROM via Novell

[Brian Williams]

You don't have to login to the second server. The user will see all the 
products over all the servers from their menu.

Brian Williams			Automation Manager
Multnomah County Library  	801 SW 10th  Portland, OR 97205
(503)248-5227 (v) (503)248-5226 (f) brianw at nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us


On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, Ann M. Tenglund wrote:

> We are seriously considering SCSI Express for our Netware 3.11 network.
> However, we have five servers (the CD server will be our sixth), and there
> is a concern that SCSI Express might be "server specific"--where a user
> would have to be logged in to the CD server in order to access the
> programs.  Does your university have multiple servers, and can users
> seamlessly obtain access to the CD products without having to go through
> another login?   (Four of our servers are on 3.11, one is on 4.1)
> 
> On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, Theodore Morris wrote:
> 
> > Institutionally our university has resisted the move to Netware 4.1, so 
> > we're still on v3.11.  Based largely on recommendations from fellow 
> > 'netters, we bought SCSI Express and have been, by and large, extremely 
> > pleased with it.  It has almost (but not completely) eclipsed our 
> > SilverPlatter OEM-ed CBIS server.  (We still have some CDs and some users 
> > which use the CBIS server specifically--our choice.)
> > 
> > I can refer you to my supervisor and colleague who have done the SCSI Express
> > work if you have a real interest (I worked only on the CBIS side).
> > 
> > Ted
> > .. 
> > Theodore Allan (Ted) Morris, WB8VNV
> > Univ. of Cincinnati Medical Center Libraries: Theodore.Morris at uc.edu
> > Drexel Univ. Coll. of Info. Sci. and Technol.: sg94548n at dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu
> > Failure is not the falling down, it's the not getting up again.
> > 
>