As of 2.6 Novell eDirectory is working in production. Several changes were made in the 2.6 series to enable this.
In 2.7.6 the Login Authentication Type central config parameter was added to accommodate eDirectory servers that would not authenticate users via FastBind. In at least one instance Anonymous had to be used and is the default for new installs as of 2.7.6.
An example output from the RootDSE follows:
subschemaSubentry : cn=schema
supportedGroupingTypes : 2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.103.7
namingContexts : ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
altServer
ldap://10.192.135.200:389/ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
ldaps://10.192.135.200:636/ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
ldap://10.192.64.202:389/ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
ldaps://10.192.64.202:636/ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
ldap://10.194.47.201:389/ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
ldaps://10.194.47.201:636/ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
ldap://10.194.31.148:389/ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
ldaps://10.194.31.148:636/ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
supportedExtension
2.16.840.1.113719.1.148.100.1
2.16.840.1.113719.1.148.100.3
2.16.840.1.113719.1.148.100.5
2.16.840.1.113719.1.148.100.7
2.16.840.1.113719.1.148.100.9
2.16.840.1.113719.1.148.100.11
2.16.840.1.113719.1.148.100.13
2.16.840.1.113719.1.148.100.15
2.16.840.1.113719.1.148.100.17
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.1
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.3
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.5
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.7
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.9
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.11
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.13
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.15
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.17
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.19
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.21
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.23
2.16.840.1.113719.1.39.42.100.25
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.1
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.3
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.5
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.7
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.11
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.13
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.15
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.17
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.19
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.21
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.23
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.25
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.27
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.29
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.31
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.33
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.35
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.37
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.39
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.41
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.96
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.98
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.101
2.16.840.1.113719.1.142.100.1
2.16.840.1.113719.1.142.100.4
2.16.840.1.113719.1.142.100.6
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.9
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.43
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.45
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.47
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.49
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.51
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.53
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.55
1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.20037
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.79
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.100.84
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.103.1
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.103.2
supportedControl
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.101.6
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.101.5
1.2.840.113556.1.4.319
2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.3
2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.2
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.103.7
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.101.40
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.101.41
supportedSASLMechanisms
NMAS_LOGIN
EXTERNAL
DIGEST-MD5
supportedLDAPVersion
2
3
supportedFeatures
1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.1
2.16.840.1.113719.1.27.99.1
vendorName : Novell, Inc.
vendorVersion : LDAP Agent for Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP2 (20216.46)
dsaName : cn=DOJMSLMJB002,ou=MSLA,ou=DOJ,o=MT
directoryTreeName : STATE_OF_MONTANA
outBytes : 2965715
inBytes : 2029865
repUpdatesOut : 0
repUpdatesIn : 0
errors : 2
securityErrors : 41
chainings : 0
referralsReturned : 0
extendedOps : 2160
abandonOps : 0
wholeSubtreeSearchOps : 36
oneLevelSearchOps : 4320
searchOps : 4392
listOps : 0
modifyRDNOps : 0
modifyEntryOps : 0
removeEntryOps : 0
addEntryOps : 0
compareOps : 0
readOps : 36
inOps : 225518
bindSecurityErrors : 41
strongAuthBinds : 1
simpleAuthBinds : 69733
unAuthBinds : 69709