SLP directory agent configuration
The Service Location Protocol (SLP)
directory agent is an optional component in the SLP architecture, and is primarily
used to simplify SLP administration and to improve SLP performance in the
environment. You can add, change, or delete an SLP directory agent by performing
this task.
The SLP directory agent acts as an intermediate tier in the SLP architecture,
placed between the user agents and the service agents, such that both user
agents and service agents communicate only with the directory agent, instead
of with each other. Configuring an SLP directory agent eliminates a large
portion of the multicast request and reply traffic on the network.
Steps
Perform the following steps to configure an SLP directory agent:
- In the IBM Director menu bar select Options->Discovery
Preferences.
- Click the MDM SLP Configuration tab.
- Perform the following tasks from the SLP Directory Agent Configuration
box:
- Configure (add) a Directory Agent by performing the following steps:
- Type a valid Internet host name or an IP address in the SLP Directory
Agent Host field.
- Click Add. The information you entered is displayed
in the Configured Directory Agent Hosts box.
- Change the information about a Directory Agent by performing the following
steps:
- Select an Internet host name or an IP address in the Configured Directory
Agent Hosts box. The information for the selected item is displayed in the
SLP Directory Agent Hosts field.
- Enter changes to the Internet host name or IP address.
- Click Change.
- Click OK.
- Delete a Directory Agent by performing the following steps:
- Select an Internet host name or an IP address in the Configured Directory
Agent Hosts box. The information for the selected item is displayed in the
SLP Directory Agent Hosts field.
- Click Remove. The selected item is removed from
the Configured Directory Agent Hosts box.
- Click OK to save the changes and exit the panel.
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