SMS: NetWare Clients Do Not Show NetBIOS Machine Name

ID: Q200730

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SUMMARY

Novell NetWare uses IPX as the default network protocol. NetWare does not use NetBIOS machine names for client identification purposes; it uses the ID of the user who is logged on and machine (MAC) address of the Network Information Center (NIC) instead. Consequently, it is possible in a NetWare environment to have duplicate machine names on the network. Therefore, when a NetWare client computer becomes a Systems Management Server client, the ID data that is used is indeed the MAC address.

MORE INFORMATION

The only way to have the machines report their NetBIOS machine names to the Systems Management Server administrator console is to have the clients log on to Windows NT, or LAN Manager Domain controller using a NetBIOS-compatible transport like TCP/IP or NetBEUI.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords : kbnetwork smsadmin smssetup
Version : winnt:1.2
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo