SLP

Service Location Protocol (SLP) is a load-balancing protocol that allows a client seeking to connect to a TN3270 or TN5250 server to locate and connect to the least-loaded available server. For more information on SLP, see Service Location Protocol (SLP).

Enable SLP

AS/400 Name (SLP) (5250 Display/Printer sessions)

SLP Options

Scope
This Scope Only
Maximum Wait Time (ms)

Lock

Enable SLP
Enables you to dynamically find a service without knowing the destination port and address. Your network must be configured to support Service Location Protocol (SLP). If SLP is supported in the network, Host On-Demand will connect to the server that responds with the least session load. If Enable SLP is Yes, there is no way to specify a specific logical unit (LU) name when establishing a connection, so you can use only pool names.

AS/400 Name (SLP) (5250 Display/Printer sessions)
Connects a session to a specific iSeries. Type the fully-qualified SNA CP name; for example, USIMBNM.RAS400B. If you do not specify an SLP iSeries name, the session connects to the default iSeries defined at the server. This field is available only when Enable SLP is Yes.

The first character must be A-through-Z, $ (dollar sign), @ (commercial at sign), or # (number sign). The remaining characters can be A-through-Z, 0-through-9, $, @, or #.

SLP Options

Scope
Allows you to control TCP/IP clients' access to SLP servers. Scope is a range of services that make up a logical group. If you set scope definitions for your SLP servers, you can then manage access to those servers by configuring user sessions with corresponding scope values.

Special characters , (comma), / (forward slash), and : (colon) are not allowed in the Scope field.

We recommend that you configure all of your SLP servers with scope definitions.

This Scope Only
Valid when you specify scope value for a session:

Select Yes to prevent users from connecting with servers not defined by that scope.

Select No to allow users to establish the session with any SLP server, regardless of its scope definitions.

No is the default selection.

Maximum Wait Time (ms)
Sets the maximum time, in milliseconds, that the session waits to discover services or directory agents, or responses concerning load information. This value must be greater than zero and less than 3600000ms (1 hour).
The default is 200.

Lock
Check Lock to prevent users from changing the SLP options for a session.