Open Enterprise Server SLP Configuration (Linux)

During the eDirectory configuration portion of the Open Enterprise Server for Linux installation, you will see the following screen:

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eDirectory Configuration for Open Enterprise Server

You can choose Do Not Configure SLP if you have three or fewer eDirectory servers in your tree.

Choose Use Multicast to Access SLP to request SLP information using multicast packets. This option sends SLP requests to multiple services using the Service Location General Multicast Address (224.0.1.22). All Service Agents holding service information that satisfies the request will unicast the reply directly to the requesting User Agent. Use this option in environments that have no established directory agents.

Choose Configure SLP to Use an Existing Directory Agent if your environment has established directory agents. In the Service Location Protocol Directory Agent Address field, specify the hostname of an external server that an SLP directory agent is running on. Do not specify the local host.

If you want to use existing scopes (sets of services), specify them in the Service Location Protocol Scopes field. Separate multiple scopes with commas (for example: myScope1, myScope2, myScope3). The default value for this field is DEFAULT.