Providing network services based on service mode and service type

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• logic encoded in one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to perform operations comprising:
• providing a network service having a service mode and a service type;
• generating a network service advertisement message including a service identifier, a service mode portion, and a service type portion;
• forwarding the network service advertisement message from a first system to one or more other systems via a network;
• and
• incrementing a counter corresponding to a service mode and a service type pair of each network service advertisement message having a same service identifier;
• and
• when the counter corresponding to a service mode and a service type pair reaches a predetermined value, blocking configuration of another service having the same service identifier value, service mode, and service type as that corresponding to the counter that reached the predetermined value.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

• providing a network service having a service mode and a service type;
• generating a network service advertisement message including a service identifier, a service mode portion, and a service type portion;
• forwarding the network service advertisement message from a first system to one or more other systems via a network;
• and
• incrementing a counter corresponding to a service mode and a service type pair of each network service advertisement message having a same service identifier;
• and
• when the counter corresponding to a service mode and a service type pair reaches a predetermined value, blocking configuration of another service having the same service identifier value, service mode, and service type as that corresponding to the counter that reached the predetermined value.