Open Data-Link Interface
The Open Data-Link Interface (ODI) is an application programming interface (API) for network interface controllers (NICs) developed by Apple and Novell. The API serves the same function as Microsoft and 3COM's Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS).[1] Originally, ODI was written for NetWare and Macintosh environments. Like NDIS, ODI provides rules that establish a vendor-neutral interface between the protocol stack and the adapter driver. It resides in Layer 2, the Data Link layer, of the OSI model. This interface also enables one or more network drivers to support one or more protocol stacks.
See also
- Uniform Driver Interface (UDI)
- Universal Network Device Interface (UNDI)
- PC/TCP Packet Driver
- Virtual Loadable Module (VLM)
- NetWare I/O Subsystem (NIOS)
- Personal NetWare (PNW)
- DR-WebSpyder
References
- ↑ "What is ODI (Open Data link Interface)?". GeeksforGeeks. 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2023-04-12.[permanent dead link]
Further reading
- Reynders, Deon; Wright, Edwin (14 October 2003). "16.4 Open data link interface (ODI)". Practical TCP/IP and Ethernet Networking for Industry. Newnes. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-7506-5806-5. Retrieved 1 April 2025. Search this book on
- Nandhakumar, B. (2011). Dictionary of Computer Networking. Excel Books. pp. 304, 306. ISBN 978-93-5062-035-9. Retrieved 1 April 2025. Search this book on (self-published?)
- Buchanan, William (11 November 2013). "32.6 Novell Netware Setup". Handbook of Data Communications and Networks. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 342–344. ISBN 978-1-4757-0905-6. Retrieved 1 April 2025. Search this book on
- Mueller, Scott; Ogletree, Terry; Soper, Mark Edward (11 May 2006). "7. Network Interface Cards". Upgrading and Repairing Networks. Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0-13-271476-1. Retrieved 1 April 2025. Search this book on (unpaginated)
- Buchanan, William J. (11 November 1999). "11.3 NetWare architecture". Mastering Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare and UNIX. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 214–217. ISBN 978-1-349-14968-1. Retrieved 1 April 2025. Search this book on
- Merenbloom, Paul (15 March 1993). "It's time to take another look at your NetWare shell strategy". InfoWorld. 15 (11): 52–53. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- Fu, Zhi-Jian; Kao, Tai-Wu (March 1997). "The design of a low cost local area network using NetWare". Proceedings The Twenty-Ninth Southeastern Symposium on System Theory. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 40–43. doi:10.1109/SSST.1997.581575.
- Feibel, Werner (1995). "ODI (Open Data-link Interface)". Novell's complete encyclopedia of networking. San Jose, California: Novell Press. pp. 715–717. ISBN 0782112900. LCCN 94066403.
- Sheldon, Thomas (1994). "Open Data-link Interface (ODI)". LAN TIMES Encyclopedia of Networking. Osborne McGraw-Hill. pp. 666–667. ISBN 9780078819650.
- Niedermiller-Chaffins, Debra (1991). Inside Novell Netware. New Riders Publications. pp. 82–83, 101–103. ISBN 9781562050221. Search this book on
- Coleman, Pat (2000). Networking Complete (4th ed.). Sybex. pp. 104, 273. ISBN 9780782126105. Search this book on
- Beheler, Ann (1998). Networking Fundamentals Using Novell NetWare (4.11). Prentice Hall. p. 5. ISBN 9780134098067. Search this book on
- Zacker, Craig (1998). TCP/IP Administration. Wiley. p. 60. ISBN 9780764531583. Search this book on
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