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Chapter 4. Service Location Protocol (SLP)
Service Location Protocol (SLP) specifies a method to provide dynamic
directory services specifically for finding servers by attributes rather than by
name or address. In so doing, SLP provides a standard method of allocating
service requests among a set of servers with some level of workload
balancing. SLP uses multicast services to locate SLP components and
unicast services to communicate between components.
IBM Communication Server for AIX, V6.0 supports SLP providing service
location and server load balancing for CS/AIX TN3270 servers. In this
chapter, we will discuss the new ...