Define network server attributes

If you have primarily NetWare servers on your network, you can simplify working with those servers by changing default values on a system-wide basis. Many network server commands, such as DSPNWSUSR and WRKNWSSTS, allow you to specify *NWSA for a given parameter to indicate that iSeries™ should use information from the network server attributes.

For example, if you plan to enroll most of your iSeries users on the same set of NDS trees, you can simplify enrollment by first defining a default list of those trees. Then when you enroll users, you can refer to that list of default attributes by specifying *NWSA on the appropriate command parameters. Adding or removing network servers is also simpler because you change the default server list instead of manually changing all the profiles that refer to it.

When you are running TCP/IP, use the CHGNWSA command to add the TCP/IP names of the NetWare servers. Enhanced Integration for Novell NetWare uses this list of names to find the TCP/IP NetWare servers. (This is the only place that iSeries uses the TCP/IP name of the NetWare server. After identifying NetWare servers from this list, NetWare Enhanced Integration knows the servers by their NetWare server names, not their TCP/IP names.)

In addition, you can change the default value of the TCP/IP port from 20199 to some other value. If you change the default port value, load the NetWare Enhanced Integration NLM with the parameter /tcp=nnnn, where nnnn is the new port value. If you decide to change this value after loading the NLM, unload and reload the NLM with the new value.

To set these attributes on an individual user profile basis instead, you can use the CHGNWSUSRA command.

Network server attributes are saved by the Save System (SAVSYS) command. Network server attributes are restored to the system when the operating system is installed.

To define network server attributes, enter the Change Network Server Attributes (CHGNWSA) command:

1. On the iSeries command line, type CHGNWSA and press F4. The Change NWS Attributes display appears.

2. Fill in the values you want for your system defaults. Here are suggestions:

   • The original default *ALL for Prompt control shows all the parameters. To have iSeries show only parameters that are relevant to NetWare, you can change this value to *NETWARE.

   • If NetWare is the predominant server type in your network, change the value for the Default server type field to *NETWARE.

   • For the NDS tree, specify the tree that your iSeries uses most often when accessing the network.

   • Specify the complete path name for that NDS tree in the NDS context field. Defining the context here enables you to use *NWSA on other CL commands that have an NDS context parameter. If you do not set an NDS context, iSeries defaults the context to *ROOT.

   • To connect to NetWare servers over TCP/IP, specify values for the TCP/IP port and NetWare IP server list fields.

   • The NDS Tree list field has the default tree list for user enrollment. Manage NetWare users from iSeries has information about this parameter.