Novell CLIENT FOR LINUX 2.0 SP1 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

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20 Novell Client 2.0 SP1 for Linux Administration Guidenovdocx (en) 11 July 20082.1.6 Configuring OpenSLP SettingsUse the Service Location Protocol (OpenSLP) Settings page in the Novell Client ConfigurationWizard 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 andserver names to an actual IP address of an eDirectory server that can provide authentication. On asimple LAN, the client can send an IP broadcast to discover this information, but on a multisiteWAN, the SLP scope and Directory Agents must be listed.Figure 2-6 Service Location Protocol (OpenSLP) Settings PageThis page contains the following options: Scope List: Specify the scopes that a user agent (UA) or service agent (SA) is allowed whenmaking 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 thissetting 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 isnot usually necessary because OpenSLP automatically uses broadcasting if multicasting isunavailable.SLP is designed to use IP multicasting; however, if any SLP Agent does not implement IPmulticasting, then all Agents must use broadcasting to reach that Agent. If a DA does notsupport multicasting, we recommend using the Directory Agent List to configure that DirectoryAgent rather than using this option.If the network does not contain a DA, IP servers must use their own SAs to specify the servicesthat are available. If the SA does not support multicasting and if there are any servicesadvertised by that SA that are needed by the UA on this machine, then use the Broadcast Onlyoption.