Naming Domino servers on a Novell Directory Service network
In NetWare Directory Services (NDS), IBM® Lotus® Domino® server names are the path from the root of the NDS tree to the Domino server NDS object, in distinguished name format. For example, if a Domino server name is Chicago/Midwest/Acme, its NDS name is CN=Chicago.OU=Marketing.O=Acme.

Within NDS, names must be unique. Although using the NDS distinguished name guarantees uniqueness in NDS -- even if two Domino servers have the same common name -- it's best to specify unique common names for Domino servers to ensure uniqueness in all name services you are using.

To name a Domino server that uses NDS, choose a common name that contains no more than 64 characters. Distinguished names can contain up to 256 characters and can include the name types CN, OU, O, and C; periods; and equal signs. Do not use any of the following in Domino server names that use NDS: space ( ), slash (/), backslash (\), colon (:), semicolon (;), plus (+), comma (,), asterisk (*), question mark (?).

Names in NDS are not case sensitive.

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