Technical Specifications
Microsoft Windows NT Server
Networking options
Microsoft Windows NT Server works with the following networks:
- AppleTalk
- Digital PATHWORKS*
- IBM LAN Server
- IBM SNA networks
- Microsoft LAN Manager
- Microsoft Windows® for Workgroups
- NFS networks*
- Novell NetWare
- Remote Access Service (RAS) via ISDN, X.25, and standard phone lines
- TCP/IP networks
Clients supported
- Apple® Macintosh
- MS-DOS**
- OS/2**
- UNIX
- Windows 3.x**
- Windows for Workgroups
- Windows NT Workstation
* Requires purchase of additional software.
** Requires loading of included client software.
For more information on Microsoft Windows NT Server, refer
to Microsoft data sheet 098-55879.
Microsoft SQL Server
Database specifications
Database
Maximum databases per SQL Server: 32,767
Maximum database size: Limited only by available storage
Maximum databases spanned by one update: 8
Practical number of databases opened by one query: 16 (depends
on available memory)
Maximum tables in a join: 16
Tables
Tables per database: 2 billion
Indexes per table: 251 (1 clustered)
Rows per table: Limited only by available storage
Columns per composite index: 16
Characters per database object name: 30
System specifications
Memory: 2 gigabytes
Storage: 8 terabytes
Maximum user connections: 32,767
System data types
Integer: int, smallint, tinyint
Floating point: float, real
Money: money, smallmoney
Character data: char(n), varchar(n), text
Binary data: binary(n), varbinary(n), image
Date and time: datetime, smalldatetime
Other: bit, timestamp, sysname
For more information on Microsoft
SQL Server, refer to Microsoft data sheet 098-56878.
Microsoft SNA Server
SNA PU and LU protocols
- PU 2.0, PU 2.1, APPN LEN node, DSPU and TN3270
- LU 0, 1, 2, 3, and LU 6.2
Data link protocols
- 802.2/LLC; Token-Ring or Ethernet DLC connections
- SDLC; Leased or switched telephone line connections
- X.25/QLLC; Public or private packet-switched X.25 connections
- DFT; Coax or twisted-pair connections via IBM 3x74 cluster controller
- TWINAX; Twinaxial connections to an AS/400
- CHANNEL; Bus & tag or Escon connections directly to mainframe
channel
Distributed SNA APIs
- APPC; For peer-to-peer applications using LU 6.2
- CPI-C; For peer-to-peer applications using LU 6.2
- CSV; For EBCDIC to ASCII conversion and communication with NetView
- LUA; For direct access to LU 0, 1, 2, and 3 data streams
- EHLLAPI; For interfacing with
- 270 or 5250 applications (by ISV emulators)
Server capacity
- Up to 250 simultaneous connections (PUs) per server, in any combination
of upstream (host), peer-to-peer, and downstream (DSPU) connections
- Any combination of LU, PU, and data link protocols concurrently
- Up to 2,000 clients per server
- Up to 10,000 LU sessions per server
- Up to 50 SNA Servers in a Windows NT Server domain configured
for load balancing and hot backup
For more information on Microsoft SNA Server, refer to Microsoft data sheet 098-55870.
Microsoft Systems Management Server
Local area network (LAN) options
Microsoft Systems Management Server is supported on the following
networks:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server
- Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.1 or later
- IBM LAN Server 1.3x
- Novell NetWare version 3.11 or later
Wide area network (WAN) options
Microsoft Systems Management Server supports the following WAN
connection protocols:
- Asynchronous
- IPX/SPX
- ISDN
- SNA
- TCP/IP
- X.25
Client options
Microsoft Systems Management Server supports the following desktop
clients:
- MS-DOS 5.0 and above
- Windows 3.1 and above
- Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- OS/2 2.x and above
- Windows NT 3.1 and above
- Macintosh System 7.x
For more information on Microsoft Systems Management Server,
refer to Microsoft data sheet 098-57084.
Microsoft Mail Server
Mail gateways
Microsoft currently offers the following gateways for Microsoft
Mail for PC networks:
- Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP
- Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400
- Microsoft Mail Gateway to fax
- Microsoft Mail Gateway to MHS
- Microsoft Mail Gateway to IBM PROFS® and OfficeVision®
- Microsoft Mail Message Service for IBM SNADS
- Microsoft Mail Connection (PC networks to AppleTalk networks)
Microsoft also provides tools enabling third parties to create
their own custom gateways. The Microsoft Mail File Format Application
Programming Interface (FFAPI) enables ISVs and customers to connect
Microsoft Mail to other messaging systems.
For more information on Microsoft Mail Server, refer to Microsoft
data sheet 098-57357.
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