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DHCP Options for Service Location Protocol

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Network Working Group                                         C. Perkins
Request for Comments: 2610                                    E. Guttman
Category: Standards Track                               Sun Microsystems
                                                               June 1999


               DHCP Options for Service Location Protocol

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol provides a framework for
   passing configuration information to hosts on a TCP/IP network.
   Entities using the Service Location Protocol need to find out the
   address of Directory Agents in order to transact messages.  Another
   option provides an assignment of scope for configuration of SLP User
   and Service Agents.

1. Introduction

   The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [2] provides a framework for
   passing configuration information to hosts on a TCP/IP network.
   Entities using the Service Location Protocol, Version 2 [3] and
   Service Location Protocol, Version 1 [4] need to obtain the address
   of Directory Agents and Scope configuration.  The Service Location
   Protocol (SLP) provides a default configuration for Scopes and
   Directory Agents may be discovered using multicast or broadcast.  It
   is useful in a larger deployment to be able to configure SLP Agents
   using DHCP, so as to centralize the administration and to deploy SLP
   in networks where multicast routing is not available.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [1].






Perkins & Guttman           Standards Track
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