NetWare Directory Services

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Planning NetWare Directory Services Implementation
Organizing Objects into a Logical Hierarchy
Figure 7-2 Directory Tree with an Organization Object and Multiple Organizational Unit
Objects
Organizational Unit Objects
You can designate geographic locations, projects, products, etc., as
Organizational Units (OU). An advantage to using a geographic structure for
your Directory tree is that you can see where objects are physically located.
Using geographical locations will assist in the placement of replicas.
Because one goal of having a Directory tree is to provide a static database
that is updated infrequently, broad geographic designations in which objects
remain static, such as states or cities, might provide a more stable structure
for your tree than one that is continually changing.
(OU)=TEST(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=DESIGN (OU)=PROD
(OU)=TEST(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=PROD1 (OU)=PROD2
(OU)=DETROIT(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=TOKYO (OU)=LONDON
(OU)=PAY(OU)=TOKYO(OU)=ACCT (OU)=HR
(OU)=HQ
ACMECORP
ACMECORP
(C)=US
(O)=ACME
(OU)=HQ (OU)=SALES(OU)=MFG
[ROOT]
[ROOT]
(C)
(OU)
Common Name
Organizational Unit
(O)
Organization
Country
PROD Production
MFG Manufacturing
HR Human Resources
HQ Head Quarters
US United States
(CN)
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