Configuring Openslp Settings - Novell CLIENT FOR LINUX 1.1 Installation And Administration Manual

• Volume Statistics: Enables or disables the Volume Statistics tab on the Volume Properties

3.1.5 Configuring OpenSLP Settings

Use the Service Location Protocol (OpenSLP) Settings page in the Novell Client Configuration
Wizard to specify where and how the Client requests network services.
In an IP-only network, the Novell Client needs a way to resolve the eDirectory tree, context and
server names to an actual IP address of an eDirectory server that can provide authentication. On a
simple LAN, the client can send an IP broadcast to discover this information, but on a multisite
WAN, the SLP scope and Directory Agents must be listed.
Figure 3-5
This page contains the following options:
• Scope List: Specify the scopes a user agent (UA) or service agent (SA) is allowed when
• Directory Agent List: Specify the specific DAs that UA and SA agents must use. If this
• Broadcast Only: Select this option to use broadcasting instead of multicasting. This setting is
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page (available when users right-click a Novell file system volume in a file manager and then
click Novell Properties).
Service Location Protocol (OpenSLP) Settings Page in NLD
making requests or registering, or the scopes a directory agent (DA) must support.
setting is not used, dynamic DA discovery is used to determine which DAs to use.
not usually necessary because OpenSLP automatically uses broadcasting if multicasting is
unavailable.
SLP is designed to use IP multicasting; however, if any SLP Agent does not implement IP
multicasting, then all Agents must use broadcasting to reach that Agent. If a DA does not
support multicasting, we recommend using the Directory Agent List to configure that Directory
Agent rather than using this option.