Configuring Openslp Settings - Novell CLIENT FOR LINUX 2.0 SP3 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

2.1.6 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 2-6
This page contains the following options:
Scope List: Specify the scopes that a user agent (UA) or service agent (SA) is allowed when
making requests or registering, or the scopes that a directory agent (DA) must support.
Directory Agent List: Specify the specific DAs that UA and SA agents must use. If this
setting is not used, dynamic DA discovery is used to determine which DAs to use.
Broadcast Only: Select this option to use broadcasting instead of multicasting. This setting is
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.
If the network does not contain a DA, IP servers must use their own SAs to specify the services
that are available. If the SA does not support multicasting and if there are any services
advertised by that SA that are needed by the UA on this machine, then use the Broadcast Only
option.
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Service Location Protocol (OpenSLP) Settings Page