6.7 Administering Service Advertisement Protocol

Service Advertisement Protocol (SAP) allows networked devices, such as network servers and routers, to exchange information on available network services.

Workstations use the information made available through SAP to obtain the network addresses of servers that offer the services they need. You can add entries to the IPX SAP table for services you have installed. For more information about SAP, consult your Novell documentation.

Follow these steps to create, modify, or delete SAPs:

1. Follow these links:

   Transports->Service Advertisement Protocol Configuration

   The Service Advertisement Protocol List screen appears.

2. From the list, select the SAP you want to modify or delete, or enter the name of a SAP you want to create in the text field. If deleting, you may select more than one SAP. You must use a valid service name and follow it with a type code, usually :20. The list contains nothing if no SAPs exist.

3. Click Create, Modify, or Delete. The Modify and Delete buttons do not appear if no SAP exists.

   If you clicked Create or Modify, the SAP Information for servicename screen below appears. Go to Step 4.

   If you clicked Delete, the Confirmation screen appears. Click OK. The Service Advertisement Protocol screen appears. Click OK. Do not go to Step 4.

   

4. Enter values for the following attributes, as needed:

   • Name -- The SAP service name. If you clicked Modify, this attribute does not appear.

   • Fixed Socket -- The service's fixed-socket number. The value for the fixed socket consists of a hexadecimal number up to four digits long.

5. Click Submit.

   The Service Advertisement Protocol sapname screen appears.

6. Click OK.

   To administer SAP from the UNIX command line, use the tnadvert command.