SLP: Scalability
n Small installation: no need for DA, local broadcasts
n Large installations:
replicate multiple DAs
n fault tolerance
n load sharing
n requires some form of “reliable broadcast”
scopes
n operator-defined
n use DHCP to configure SLP agents with non-default scopes, using
SLP Service Scope Option (79)
n Very large installations: misses protocol for DA-DA
interactions