mDNS Deployment

For mDNS to function, it must be deployed on all peers that are to participate in mDNS. It is used to advertise the availability of services provided on the peer.

Multicast DNS and Service Discovery are both installed by default in the “all” cluster, when installing the Solaris OS. For other types of devices, for example, printers, music, video, and communication devices, many already have mDNS installed.

In addition to being installed, mDNS must be enabled, and must be included in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. See nsswitch.conf(4)