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Directory Agents are configured using Directory Agent objects containing configuration
information for the Directory Agent. SLP Scope container objects can be configured to represent
SLP scopes. A Directory Agent object contains fully distinguished names of one or more SLP Scope
container objects which indicate the scopes the Directory Agent is to service. Services registered
with the Directory Agent are stored in the SLP Scope container object as SLP Service objects. Each
SLP Service object includes the service’s service URL and attributes. SLP Service objects can be
manipulated just like any other eDirectory object, including deleting and copying to another SLP
Scope container object.
Novell Directory Agents can share service information by using eDirectory as a common data store
for service URLs and their attributes. In this manner, the distributed, replicated, and synchronized
nature of information stored in eDirectory is leveraged to eliminate the need for every Service Agent
in the network to directly communicate with every Directory Agent in the network. SLP Scope
container objects representing SLP scopes are configured in eDirectory. Directory Agents,
configured to service the scope, cache each registered service locally and store each service and its
attributes as an SLP Service object in the SLP Scope container object. These Directory Agents also
populate their local service cache with services obtained from the SLP Scope container object. By
storing and retrieving from the shared SLP Scope container objects, Directory Agents can return
service URLs and attributes for services registered by remote Service Agents.
Because Directory mode facilitates the sharing of service information through common SLP Scope
container objects, Service Agents are not required to register a service with every Directory Agent in
order for their services to be known throughout the network. This reduces configuration complexity
and reduces network traffic. Using this capability, Service Agent to Directory Agent interactions can
be isolated to local segments within the network similar to User Agent-to-Directory Agent
interactions.
15.4.1 How SLP Works in Directory Mode
Novell ClientTM software uses the User Agent to go to an SLP Directory Agent or into eDirectory
to reach out to other LAN or WAN segments, as shown in Figure 35.
This method does not rely on service information obtained from routers. Instead, eDirectory is used
for global communication of information. Through this method, service updates on local segments
are just as reliable and dynamic as on IPXTM SAP-based networks.
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