DOCUMENT:Q126398 13-JUN-2001 [sna] TITLE :Limits on OtherServers Parameter in SNA Server. PRODUCT :Microsoft SNA Server PROD/VER:WINDOWS:2.0,2.1,2.11,2.11 SP1,3.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbenv kbnetwork ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.11, 2.11 SP1, 3.0, on platform(s): - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= The OtherServers option on SNA Server clients gives the client access to LUs through SNA Servers that are outside of the client's primary SNA Server domain. The number of servers that can be listed in the OtherServers parameter depends on the client's computer platform as follows: Platform Maximum Number of Servers in OtherServers ---------- ----------------------------------------- Windows NT No limit Windows 95 16 Win3.x: 15 (or 256/) MS-DOS: 8 MORE INFORMATION ================ The number of servers in the local domain may limit the number of OtherServers you can actually use. Local servers are added to the service table before OtherServers. The service table has 32 entries in Win3.x, 16 in DOS, 1024 in Windows 95 and 1024 in Windows NT. The sponsor naps and the local nap reserve one entry in the service table. Also, if any invokable APPC transaction programs (TP) are configured on an SNA Server client, each local TP reserves one service table entry. For additional information, refer to page 207, Appendix C, of the Microsoft SNA Server Reference Guide. Additional query words: ntprotocol prodsna ====================================================================== Keywords : kbenv kbnetwork Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch Version : WINDOWS:2.0,2.1,2.11,2.11 SP1,3.0 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.