Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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SLP: Scalability
nSmall installation: no need for DA, local
broadcasts
nLarge installations:
–replicate
multiple DAs
nfault tolerance
nload sharing
nrequires some form of “reliable broadcast”
–scopes
noperator-defined
nuse DHCP to configure SLP agents with non-default
scopes, using SLP Service
Scope Option (79)
nVery large installations: misses protocol for DA-DA interactions