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The '''Open Data-Link Interface''' ('''ODI''') is an [[application programming interface]] (API) for [[network interface controller]]s (NICs) developed by [[Apple Computer|Apple]] and [[Novell]]. The API serves the same function as Microsoft and 3COM's [[Network Driver Interface Specification]] (NDIS).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-17 |title=What is ODI(Open Data link Interface)? |url=https://dd.geeksforgeeks.org/what-is-odiopen-data-link-interface/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=GeeksforGeeks |language=en-us}}</ref> Originally, ODI was written for [[NetWare]] and [[Apple Macintosh|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 stack]]s.

==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 ==
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== Further reading ==
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*{{cite book |last1=Reynders |first1=Deon |last2=Wright |first2=Edwin |title=Practical TCP/IP and Ethernet Networking for Industry |date=14 October 2003 |publisher=[[Newnes]] |isbn=978-0-7506-5806-5 |page=245 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y_8lLCnYv94C&dq=%22Open+Data-Link+Interface%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA245 |access-date=1 April 2025 |language=en |chapter=16.4 Open data dink interface (ODI)}}
*{{cite book |last1=Nandhakumar |first1=B. |title=Dictionary of Computer Networking |date=2011 |publisher=Excel Books |isbn=978-93-5062-035-9 |pages=304, 306 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ghg1W2SWvzAC |access-date=1 April 2025 |language=en}} <small>(self-published?)</small>
*{{cite book |last1=Buchanan |first1=William |title=Handbook of Data Communications and Networks |date=11 November 2013 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |isbn=978-1-4757-0905-6 |pages=342–344 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uD7jBwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Open+Data-Link+Interface%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA432 |access-date=1 April 2025 |language=en |chapter=32.6 Novell Netware Setup}}
*{{cite book |last1=Mueller |first1=Scott |last2=Ogletree |first2=Terry |last3=Soper |first3=Mark Edward |title=Upgrading and Repairing Networks |date=11 May 2006 |publisher=[[Pearson Education]] |isbn=978-0-13-271476-1 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQ1syJNlzg4C&dq=%22Open+Data-Link+Interface%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT212 |access-date=1 April 2025 |language=en |chapter=7. Network Interface Cards}} <small>(unpaginated)</small>
*{{cite book |last1=Buchanan |first1=William J. |title=Mastering Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare and UNIX |date=11 November 1999 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-349-14968-1 |pages=214–217 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zRIEAAAQBAJ |access-date=1 April 2025 |language=en |chapter=11.3 NetWare architecture}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Merenbloom |first1=Paul |title=It's time to take another look at your NetWare shell strategy. |journal=[[InfoWorld]] |date=15 March 1993 |volume=15 |issue=11 |pages=52–53 |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA13507864&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=01996649&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E77d48194&aty=open-web-entry |access-date=1 April 2025 |language=English}}
*{{cite book |last1=Fu |first1=Zhi-Jian |last2=Kao |first2=Tai-Wu |chapter=The design of a low cost local area network using NetWare |title=Proceedings the Twenty-Ninth Southeastern Symposium on System Theory |date=March 1997 |pages=40–43 |doi=10.1109/SSST.1997.581575 |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/581575 |publisher=[[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]]|isbn=0-8186-7873-9 }}
* {{cite encyclopaedia|encyclopaedia=Novell's complete encyclopedia of networking|article=ODI (Open Data-link Interface)|pages=715&ndash;717|author1-first=Werner|author1-last=Feibel|location=San Jose, California|publisher=Novell Press|year=1995|isbn=0782112900|lccn=94066403}}
* {{cite encyclopaedia|encyclopaedia=LAN TIMES Encyclopedia of Networking|author1-first=Thomas|author1-last=Sheldon|publisher=Osborne McGraw-Hill|year=1994|isbn=9780078819650|article=Open Data-link Interface (ODI)|pages=666&ndash;667}}
* {{cite book|title=Inside Novell Netware|author1-first=Debra|author1-last=Niedermiller-Chaffins|publisher=New Riders Publications|year=1991|isbn=9781562050221|pages=82&ndash;83,101&ndash;103}}
* {{cite book|title=Networking Complete|author1-first=Pat|author1-last=Coleman|edition=4th|publisher=Sybex|year=2000|isbn=9780782126105|pages=104,273}}
* {{cite book|title=Networking Fundamentals Using Novell NetWare (4.11)|author1-first=Ann|author1-last=Beheler|publisher=Prentice Hall|year=1998|isbn=9780134098067|page=5}}
* {{cite book|title=TCP/IP Administration|author1-first=Craig|author1-last=Zacker|publisher=Wiley|year=1998|isbn=9780764531583|page=60}}
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