This section outlines the fundamental operation of SLP and describes agents and processes that are used in SLP administration.
SLP provides all of the following services automatically, with little or no configuration.
Client application requests for information that is required to access a service
Advertisement of services on network hardware devices or software servers; for example, printers, file servers, video cameras, and HTTP servers
Managed recovery from primary server failures
In addition, you can do the following to administer and tune SLP operation if necessary.
Organize services and users into scopes that are composed of logical or functional groups
Enable SLP logging to monitor and troubleshoot the SLP operation on your network
Adjust SLP timing parameters to enhance performance and scalability
Configure SLP not to send and not to process multicast messages when SLP is deployed on networks that lack support for multicast routing
Deploy SLP Directory Agents to improve scalability and performance