HP B-series Network Advisor Enterprise, Professional Plus, and Professional 12.1.5 Release Notes

You do not need a WBEM client to use SLP discovery to find a WBEM Server; that is, SLP discovery
might already know about the location and capabilities of the WBEM Server to which it wants to
send its requests. In such environments, you do not need to start the SLP component of the
Management application SMI Agent.
However, in a dynamically changing enterprise network environment, many WBEM clients might
choose to use SLP discovery to find the location and capabilities of other WBEM Servers. In such
environments, start the SLP component of the Management application SMI Agent to allow
advertisement of its existence, location, and capabilities.
SLP installation is optional and you can configure it during Management application configuration.
Once installed, SLP starts whenever the Management application SMI Agent starts.
Management SMI Agent SLP application support includes the following components:
• The slpd script, which starts the slpd platform
• The slpd program acts as a Service Agent (SA). A different slpd binary executable file exists
for UNIX and Windows systems.
• The slptool script, which starts the slptool platform-specific program
• The slptool program can be used to verify whether SLP is operating properly. A different slptool
exists for UNIX and Windows.
By default, the Management application SMI Agent is configured to advertise itself as a Service
Agent (SA). The advertised SLP template shows its location (IP address) and the WBEM Services
it supports. The default advertised WBEM services show the Management application SMI Agent,
which:
• Accepts WBEM requests over HTTP without SSL on TCP port 5988
• Accepts WBEM requests over HTTPS using SSL on TCP port 5989
slptool commands
Use the following slptool commands to verify whether the SLP is operating properly:
• slptool findsrvs service:service-agent
Use this command to verify that the Management application SMI Agent SLP service is properly
running as a Service Agent (SA). Example output:
service:service-agent://127.0.0.1,65535.
• slptool findsrvs service:wbem
Use this command to verify that the Management application SMI Agent SLP service is properly
advertising its WBEM services. Example outputs:
◦ service:wbem:https://10.0.1.3:5989,65535
◦ service:wbem:http://10.0.1.3:5988,65535
This output shows the following functionalities of the Management application SMI Agent:
• It accepts WBEM requests over HTTP using SSL on TCP port 5989.
• It accepts WBEM requests over HTTP without SSL on TCP port 5988.
slptool findattrs service:wbem:http://IP_Address:Port
Use this command to verify that Management application SMI Agent SLP service is properly
advertising its WBEM SLP template over the HTTP protocol. Example input: slptool
findattrs service:wbem:http://10.0.1.2:5988 .
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