Commserver Service Template

The commserver service type can be either Communications Server for Windows NT® and Windows® 2000 or IntranetWare for SAA® 3.0.

For IntranetWare for SAA® 3.0, the commserver service type is registered whenever the CommExec is loaded. It describes generic attributes of the IntranetWare for SAA® server. These attributes are also repeated on the other service types provided by IntranetWare for SAA®.

The following attributes are given in service template.

• Release = <version/release>

  This is the version and release level of the commserver advertising services. Its format is vv.rr.mm where "vv" is the major version number, "rr" is the minor version number, and "mm" is the modification level. All numbers are padded on the left with zeroes to two characters. Example: version 6, release 0, mod level 0 is "06.00.00"

• Platform = <platform>
  This is the network operating system platform underlying the advertising service. The defined values are:

  IW

  Server uses the IntranetWare network operating system

  NT

  Server uses the Microsoft® NT operating system

  OS2

  Server uses the OS2 operating system

  AIX®

  Server uses the AIX® operating system

• Protocol = <protocol>
  Protocols supported by the server providing this service. The defined values are:

  IP

  Server supports client connections over IP (TCP/IP or UDP/IP)

  IPX

  Server supports client connections over IPX (SPX/IPX)

• Server name = <server name>

  This is the name of the server that was configured during installation. This value has meaning only for the IW platform.