NetOp Name Management

The purpose of the optional NetOp Name Management concept is to centralise NetOp Names in a TCP/IP environment, making it easier to link to remote PCs. The NetOp Name Management concept consists of three components: The NetOp Name Server, the NetOp Remote Control Guest and the NetOp Remote Control Host.

NetOp Name Server
The NetOp Name Server is a special Host module that can resolve queries from other NetOp modules about NetOp Names and convert them into IP addresses. NetOp Names can be: Host PC names, User login names, Security Server group names, Log Server group names, Help provider names, Guest names and Serial number names.

Every time a NetOp module initialises the TCP/IP communication, an automatic registration of its NetOp Names and current IP address takes place on the NetOp Name Server(s). They are represented by the fixed IP addresses or DNS names in the advanced configuration of the TCP/IP communication profile of the NetOp module.

The default NetOp Name Server addresses in the NetOp modules are the two public NetOp Name Servers represented by the DNS host names nns1.netop.com and nns2.netop.dk.

To facilitate the use of NetOp Name Servers accessed by more than one organization, the term “Name space ID” has been introduced to group NetOp modules belonging to the same organization. This will limit the answers from the NetOp Name Server to just the NetOp Names with the same Name space ID.

A housekeeping procedure on the NetOp Name Server cleans up inactive NetOp names that have not been renewed by the specific NetOp module within a certain number of minutes.

NetOp Guest
The NetOp Remote Control Guest will use the NetOp Name Servers every time it tries to call a NetOp Remote Host, if the TCP/IP configuration is set use it. It works both when the Guest issues a call on a specific name and when the browse function is used.

NetOp Host
The NetOp Remote Control Host uses the NetOp Name Server to locate NetOp Help Providers – the Request Help feature.

Related NetOp products
NetOp Name Server is compatible with NetOp Remote Control 7.x and later.

Technical requirements
Computer
Intel 80486 processor or higher, or 100% compatible.
Memory
Guest: OS requirement plus additional 16 MB (32 MB or more recommended). Other modules: OS requirement plus additional 12 MB (16 MB recommended).
Platform
Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise and Web Edition.
Windows XP Professional, Tablet PC Edition, Home Edition.
Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server.
Windows 2000 Terminal Services*.
Windows 2000 Professional.
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server*.
Windows NT Server 4.0.
Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
Windows ME, 98, 95.
Video
Any 100% VGA compatible graphics adapter supported by Windows.
Disk space
Each module requires less than 15 MB.
Communications
TCP/IP: Winsock 1.1 or compatible.
IPX: Microsoft NWLink or Novell IPX.
NetBIOS: IBM, Microsoft, Novell or compatible NetBIOS.
Windows modem: TAPI version 1.4 or compatible.
Digital modem: Modem supporting the AT command set.
Analog modem: Modem supporting the AT command set.
ISDN/CAPI: ISDN adapter with a CAPI driver.
Infrared: Windows Server 2003, XP, 2000 or 98 with IrDA enabled.
Multimedia
Sound adapter with recording mixer support.

* Only supported on the server console.

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