You have two options for evaluating Novell Filr in a Windows AD environment:
On the Novell Online Demonstration System (NODS)
On your own network
Figure 1-1 Evaluating Filr on the Novell’s Online Demo System
Novell hosts the Filr hands-on VMs on the Novell Online Demonstration System (NODS).
If you are interested, go to the Novell.com How to Buy page and request that a Novell Sales Representative contact you.
If you are working on NODS, start with Section 6.1, If You Are Evaluating Filr on NODS.
To evaluate Filr on your network, you must choose a deployment type.
Small Deployment: Might be your best option if
Your interest in Filr is casual.
You want to invest minimal time and effort.
Large Deployment: Definitely your best option if
You might want to deploy Filr inside your organization.
You want to investigate what that requires.
Detailed comparison of Small and Large Deployment Types
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This Guide Covers a Small Deployment: Because the purpose of this guide is to provide a simple hands-on experience, it only covers a small Filr deployment. If you want to set up a large deployment for the exercises, see the Quick Start: Filr Hands-on for Windows.
Continue with Section 2.0, Hands-on System Requirements.