System information

The Remote Session Service does not start a DOS session in the background of
the NetWare servers, but it gives you control of the system console of the
NetWare server. This is very similar to the RCONSOLE function of NetWare, but
you are not able to switch to a different task in your NetWare server. For
example, if your server console is currently showing the NetWare monitor, then
you can work within the monitor, but you are able to switch to the server system
console. The problem is the identical keyboard functions under NT and NetWare.
CTRL-ESC is used under NT to switch to the NT task list, and under NetWare you
are using the same key combination to access the current screen list. You then
have to end the monitor service and you will be back on the main NetWare
console.
We experienced another limitation in this environment. Under the NetWare
server you are not able to use the Internet connection to directly access the
NetWare server. This is because you need a NetFinity Manager package to run
the Web interface and there is only a NetFinity Services product available for
NetWare servers. Of course you can indirectly connect to the NetWare server
via another NetFinity Manager in the same LAN.
4.3 Summary
The major differences between the clients under NetFinity are the functions
within the monitor services. The following summary shows the differences of the
monitor functionality when accessing different clients under different operating
systems. The X in a column means, that this information can be retrieved from
this client via the monitor service. There are some differences depending on the
operating system.
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