SCO UnixWare 2.1 Technical Summary - Bandwidthco Computer ...
SCO UnixWare 2.1 Technical Summary - Bandwidthco Computer ...
SCO UnixWare 2.1 Technical Summary - Bandwidthco Computer ...
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<strong>SCO</strong> <strong>UnixWare</strong> <strong>2.1</strong><br />
⇒ standard UNIX mount command to mount NDS<br />
objects.<br />
⇒ map NDS objects (named objects) to <strong>SCO</strong><br />
<strong>UnixWare</strong> <strong>2.1</strong> directories for seamless access.<br />
Enhanced Networking • Fast Networking - <strong>SCO</strong> <strong>UnixWare</strong> <strong>2.1</strong> introduces<br />
bundled support for faster network devices like FDDI<br />
and 100 megabit Ethernet.<br />
• Shared Interrupt support - <strong>SCO</strong> <strong>UnixWare</strong> <strong>2.1</strong> NICs can<br />
share interrupts for easier installation and<br />
management.<br />
• PPP Enhancements - Dynamic Address Configuration<br />
and CHAP Authentication has been added which<br />
conforms with the majority of Internet providers in the<br />
market.<br />
• IP Fail-over - lays the groundwork for clustering and<br />
future high-availability environments (allows other<br />
systems to assume the IP of a system if the primary<br />
system goes down.<br />
• IP Aliasing - allows multiple IP addresses for a single<br />
network interface card.<br />
• NIC Configuration - the niccfg command allows the<br />
configuration of Network Interface Cards without having<br />
to reboot the system or rebuild the entire kernel.<br />
Expanded Hardware Support • New SMP architectures from IBM, Compaq, Olivetti,<br />
Tricord and Intel<br />
• Support for Intel Multi-processing specification (Spec<br />
1.4)<br />
• Support for Pentium Pro processor<br />
• Support for the latest PCI specification (PCI <strong>2.1</strong>)<br />
• Support for PC-Card Ethernet and modem cards<br />
(PCMCIA)<br />
• Support for cost effective IDE CD-ROMS<br />
• Support for new SCSI and video cards<br />
• Support for 30 new Network Interface Cards (NIC)<br />
Installation Enhancements • Supplemental Installation Diskette - a standard interface<br />
to provide patches for kernel modules and installation<br />
tools<br />
• Network Installation and NIC Configuration<br />
⇒ auto-detection of non-ISA network cards<br />
• information preserved for NIC configuration<br />
Improved Software Development • C++ Compiler and Libraries<br />
⇒ pre-compiled header support<br />
⇒ revised options for template instantiation<br />
⇒ language interpretation updates<br />
⇒ additional keywords<br />
⇒ include most <strong>SCO</strong> <strong>UnixWare</strong> <strong>2.1</strong> preprocessor and<br />
assembly-level extensions<br />
• C and C++ Enhancements<br />
⇒ Pentium Pro processor code generation<br />
⇒ Pentium Pro processor optimizations<br />
DOS/Windows Application<br />
Support (through Advanced<br />
⇒ General optimization improvements<br />
• Supports Enhanced Mode<br />
⇒ Supports Win32s applications<br />
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