CIOS Driver Development

Consolidated I/O System (CIOS) provides low level access to the basic services that enable your system hardware to run.

What You Can Do

• Provide hardware access to the operating system.
• Manage I/O activity at the application level.
• Build storage, LAN and USB drivers that will run on future 32/64 bit Novell solutions.

Build a CIOS Driver

CIOS Adapter Driver Developer Kit (Leading Edge 175) - Developer services provides a developer kit for CIOS driver developers to take advantage of the latest I/O system for Novell along with new adapter driver and device driver architectures. CIOS brings the historically separate I/O architectures of NetWare® together into a single model.

• CIOS specification
• Sample driver source

YES CERTIFIED Program

ODI and CIOS LAN Test Tools - Developer services provides test tools and methodologies to prepare your LAN Drivers for Novell YES CERTIFIED certification.

Novell publishes information concerning tested and approved products in the form of Bulletins available for viewing and printing from our YES CERTIFIED Bulletin Search site. Bulletins are also included in the world-wide marketing efforts of Novell, Inc.

Find out how YES certification can help you.

Search For YES CERTIFIED Bulletins

Bulletin Number

 (Example: 12345, 67890)

To perform an advanced search based on keyword, company, Novell product, software/hardware, or date, visit the YES CERTIFIED Bulletin Search page.