NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary

IPXODI attaches a header to each data packet. The header speciﬁes

information that targets network delivery, announcing where the packet

came from, where it’s going, and what happens after delivery.

Because IPXODI transmits data packets as datagrams (self-contained

packages that move independently from source to destination), it can only

deliver the packets on a best-effort basis. Delivery is assured by SPX.

See also: “IPX”; “Link Support Layer (LSL)”; “NetWare DOS Requester”;

“SPXII.”

Interoperability

The ability to use products from different vendors within the same system.

For example, Novell’s ODINSUP interface allows LAN Manager, LAN

Server, or other NDIS protocols to co-exist with NetWare’s ODI on a

network.

Another example is Novell’s network driver interface, the Open Data-Link

Interface (ODI), on which any protocol, including the IPX protocol, can be

used.

Communication protocols such as Internet Protocol (IP) or Appletalk Filing

Protocol (AFP) can be used in ODI to process information from the network

without the user having to know each protocol’s required method of packet

transmission.

Interoperability also means that an application running on different

platforms can share ﬁles.

See also “Open Data-Link Interface (ODI)”; “ODINSUP.”

Interprocess communication (IPC)

The ability of two processes to communicate with each other or exchange

data.

Shared memory, HP-UX sockets, and streams are different mechanisms that

enable existing programs to communicate with processes on other systems.