Chapter 9: Network Services

Chapter 9: Network Services

Overview

Networking a small number of Windows NT systems together is very straightforward with the tools supplied with the operating system. However, a number of issues become important when the need is to implement a larger scalable network of systems that must combine flexibility with manageability. Addressing those issues will demand co-operation between those creating the technical infrastructure and the network group.

This chapter examines the relationship between the network and the Windows NT technical infrastructure running upon it. It shows how, in an ideal world, one would design the Windows NT technical infrastructure first and then the network second. In many cases, however, this is not practical but it is important to know the demands such an infrastructure places on the underlying network that may lead to a change being necessary and conversely the restrictions an existing network can place on the Windows NT infrastructure.

The design and management of a network infrastructure is traditionally the responsibility of a distinct group within an organization. As Windows NT offers more and more basic networking functionality, the boundary between the network group and the Windows NT technical infrastructure group may eventually break down. Until it does it will remain beyond the scope of a book such as this to cover network design. For the purpose of this chapter the network is something we assume to be there and working correctly.

Design of the technical infrastructure network services is part of the design activity shown on the...

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