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ILMI-Based Server Discovery for MARS
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Network Working Group M. Davison
Request for Comments: 2602 Cisco Systems
Category: Standards Track June 1999
ILMI-Based Server Discovery for MARS
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
This memo defines how ILMI-based Server Discovery, which provides a
method for ATM-attached hosts and routers to dynamically determine
the ATM addresses of servers, shall be used to locate MARS servers.
1. Introduction
Presently, configuring a host or router to use MARS [1] is cumbersome
and error-prone since it requires at least one ATM address to be
statically configured on each host or router in the network.
Further, it is impossible to implement a diskless host to use MARS
since local configuration is required. ILMI-based Server Discovery,
hereafter referred to as "server discovery," provides a solution to
these problems.
A brief overview of the Integrated Local Management Interface (ILMI)
and the Service Registry MIB, as defined by the ATM Forum, are
provided in this memo. The reader should consult [2] for a complete
description of ILMI and this MIB, but the information contained here
is sufficient for an understanding of its use to support MARS server
discovery.
Davison Standards Track