Exam Cram for NetWare 4.11 to NetWare 5 Update CNE: Exam: 50-638 [Paperback]

Randy Grein (Author), Patrick Brown (Author), Patrick J. Brown (Author)

Book Description

Series: Exam Cram Series | Publication Date: April 9, 1999

Explains the elements of Novell Directory Services (NDS) and its role in the network. Covers the deployment of NDS to create optimal facilitation programs with ease. Includes an exclusive tear-out Cram Sheet with tips, acronyms, and memory joggers (mnemonics) to improve recall immediately before the exam.

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Novell NetWare has a huge, when installed, code base, and Certified Novell Engineers (CNEs) do a tidy business in maintaining Novell networks. If you're a CNE and want to upgrade your rating to include the latest network operating system from Novell, have a look at Exam Cram: NetWare 4.11 to NetWare 5 Update.

Like the other books in the Exam Cram series, this book doesn't pretend to teach you the material. It's simply a review aid. If you understand that the authors aim only to help you organize your knowledge and experience in advance of the test, you'll do fine with the assistance of this book. Since this book is made for review, you'll find plenty of practice questions in the text (but no CD-ROM).

Authors Randy Grein and Patrick Brown take on the exam objectives in outline form, beginning (after overviews of the exam and NetWare 5) with the operation of Novell Directory Services (NDS). Upgrading existing Novell installations to NetWare 5 gets coverage, as do the new developments in Internet connectivity (including DNS [Domain Name Service], DHCP [Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol], TCP/IP, and Netscape FastTrack Server).

Exam Cram: NetWare 4.11 to NetWare 5 Update also gives thorough coverage to ConsoleOne, along with the other Java capabilities of NetWare 5. Zero Effort Networks (Z.E.N. works) gets a lot of attention in NetWare 4.11 to NetWare 5 Update. The authors explain in sufficient depth how to set up the various versions of Z.E.N. works and use them to manage applications across a network with a minimum of trouble. --David Wall

About the Author

Randy Grein is a master CNE and MCSEnterest in heterogeneous systems, and is currently the presidend of the local networking professional association, the Network Professionals of Puget Sound. He has written numerous articles for Network VAR magazine and his currently the chair of the Networking Technical Advisory Committee at North Seattle Community College.

Pat Brown works as a Senior Network Engineer and Engineer and Consultant at Seitel Leeds & Associates, one of Seattle's most respected networ king firms. He has 9 years of networking experience working with Novell products and is a Novell Master CNE and GroupWare CNE. He has also designed Web-enabled databases andis an officer of the Network Professionals of Puget Sounds, a Washington-based networking user group.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group; illustrated edition edition (April 9, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576103552
• ISBN-13: 978-1576103555
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,154,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most economical way to continue as CNE, May 12, 2000

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This review is from: Exam Cram for NetWare 4.11 to NetWare 5 Update CNE: Exam: 50-638 (Paperback)

This is the one book that you could count on in getting your CNE update. I read this book page to page, follow the exercise through and read the suppliment material from Novell website to pass the CNE test with only 1 month preparation. I will recommend this to anyone who is looking into update his CNE. It's the most economical way !

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Except for a Few Problems., December 17, 1999

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This review is from: Exam Cram for NetWare 4.11 to NetWare 5 Update CNE: Exam: 50-638 (Paperback)

I used this book because of the success I had with another Exam Cram publication, NDS Design & Implementation. I thought I was very well prepared for the 4-5 Update Exam that I took today. However, I believe there are some inaccuracies in this book that left me quite puzzled. For instance, in server requirements for Zenworks, why do they give 205 MB HD space and 70 MB memory in the book when Novell itself states 175 MB and 40 MB, respectively? Also, it would be nice if the authors discussed Compatibility Mode in greater detail so the reader could have something else to fall back on besides the Supplemental Notes provided by Novell's Website. Be sure to read this book if you have to take the 50-638, but don't rely on it exclusively.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent companion to other books for 50-638 exam, May 21, 1999

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This review is from: Exam Cram for NetWare 4.11 to NetWare 5 Update CNE: Exam: 50-638 (Paperback)

I used this book in conjuction with the IDG Update Book for Netware 5 and the Selftest 4.11 to 5.o practice exam and scored 748 out of 800 (ie 65 out of 70 questions). You can't pass the test solely on this book. Combine it with the other resources and also set up a test lab environment to practice DHCP and DNS consoles.