Computer Network Operating Systems
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 - Computer Network
OPERATING SYSTEM COMPUTER NETWORK - network operating system is a kind of operating system that is intended to handle the network. Generally, the operating system is comprised of many of the services or service that is intended to serve users, such as file sharing services, sharing services display devices (printers), DNS Service, HTTP Service, and others. The term is popular in the late 1980s to early 1990s.



Some network operating systems commonly found are as follows:

Microsoft LAN Manager
Is a network operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation together with 3Com Corporation. LAN Manager software is designed as a successor to the 3 + Share network server running on top of MS-DOS operating system.

LAN Manager was created based on IBM OS / 2 and the NetBEUI protocol. In 1990, Microsoft launched the LAN Manager 2.0 which offers many advantages. Final version of LAN Manager, version 2.2 which is included in OS / 2 1:31 into the Microsoft server operating system, before being replaced by Windows NT Server in 1994.

Some vendors sell LAN Manager versions, namely:

HP LAN Manager / X

IBM LAN Server

Novell NetWare

is a network operating system that is commonly used in computer IBM PC or compatibles. This operating system developed by Novell, and is made based Xerox XNS network protocol stack.

NetWare has digantkan by Open Enterprise Server (OES). The final version of NetWare until April 2007 is version 6.5 Support Pack 6, which is identical to OES-NetWare kernel, Support Pack 2.

Microsoft Windows NT Server
Windows NT is a 32-bit operating system from Microsoft which is the ancestor of the operating systems Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. The operating system is initially supports multiple platforms microprocessors, starting from Intel 80 × 86 (until now), MIPS R4x00 (discontinued version of Windows NT 4.0), Digital Equipment Corporation Alpha AXP (discontinued version of Windows 2000 Beta 3), the IBM PowerPC ( starting from Windows NT version 3.51 and discontinued versions of Windows NT 4.0), as well as some other platforms, such as the Clipper and SPARC (not released to the public, because it is made by a third party, Intergraph). Currently, Windows NT-based operating system only supports the Intel platform 80 × 86, Intel IA64 and AMD64 (or x64), while other platforms are not supported anymore, given the lack of support from third parties to the processor.

Windows NT was launched in several editions, although the product is built from the same source code, as follows:

Windows NT Workstation, which is devoted to the use of the network workstations.
Windows NT Server, which is devoted to the use of the network server.
Windows NT Enterprise Server or Windows NT Advanced Server, which are both intended for use on a network server, but offers more functions and features than the standard Windows NT Server.
Banyan VINES

Banyan VINES (short for Virtual Integrated Network Service) is a network operating system that is popular in the late 1980s to early 1990s are widely used in corporate networks.

VINES initially made based network protocol derived from the Xerox Network Systems (XNS). VINES itself using a distributed network architecture client / server that allows clients to access resources on the server over the network. The features that are offered by Banyan VINES include:

Having a file sharing services (file-sharing)
Having a tool printer sharing services (print-sharing)
Having a distributed directory service is referred to as StreetTalk to perform network management
Support for the protocol Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP)
Offers network administration assistive devices by using a graphical interface
Protocol support management using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Clients are supported by VINES, among others:

IBM OS / 2

Microsoft Windows (starting from Windows NT 4.0, the client component has been removed Banyan VINES)

In addition, Banyan VINES also offer applications that can integrate Windows NT network (NetBEUI), AppleTalk, and UNIX networks into a network with Banyan VINES as its center.

Several variants of UNIX, such as SCO OpenServer, UnixWare Novell, or Solaris.

Appropriate functionality of the computer on a network, the type of computer network can be divided into two types:

Peer to peer network

Every computer connected to the network can communicate with other computers directly without going through an intermediary computer.

In this network resource is divided on all computers connected to the network, whether the resources in the form of hardware as well as software and data.

Network client / server

There is a computer acting as a server while the other computer functions as a client.

Computer server function and duty to serve all of the computers that are in the network

While the client computer (workstation) as the name of the server computer receives lanyanan.