NAME

glb_site.txt − file listing possible Global Location Broker sites

SYNOPSIS

/etc/ncs/glb_site.txt

DESCRIPTION

The glb_site.txt file lists the network addresses of hosts where a Global Location Broker (GLB) daemon may be running. 

Ordinarily, programs contact a GLB by broadcasting on the local network.  However, some systems do not support broadcasting.  Also, in certain internet configurations, not every network can have a GLB.  For hosts that cannot locate a GLB via broadcast, the glb_site.txt file provides a list of addresses where the host can try to directly contact a GLB. 

Each line in glb_site.txt contains a network address where a GLB may be running.  Hosts that have a glb_site.txt file try these addresses in order.  Each address has the following form:

family:host

The family is the textual name of an address family.  Possible values include ip and dds. 

host is a host name.  A leading # can be used to indicate that the host name is in the standard numeric form (such as #192.9.8.7 or #515c.111g). 

Blank lines and lines beginning with # are ignored. 

If a host has a glb_site.txt file but does not find a GLB at any of the addresses listed in the file, the host then tries to locate one via broadcast. 

See Managing NCS Software for information about Location Broker configuration. 

EXAMPLE

The following are sample glb_site.txt files for the IP and DDS address families:

ip:piglet
ip:#192.9.8.7

dds://owl
dds:#135f.132a

SEE ALSO

glbd(1M). 

Managing NCS Software.

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 10.20:  July 1996