System Configuration Controllers Tab

The System Configuration Controllers tab enables you to change controller settings for every controller in your system, including stopping and starting Sterling Gentran:Server® services on the controllers in your system. You can stop and start the Sterling Gentran:Server system at any time by performing a series of tasks in the correct sequence.

The Controllers tab also enables you to start and stop the Sterling Gentran:Server Poller and Sterling Gentran:Server Scheduler services.

Additionally, the Controllers tab enables you to set a limit for the number of process control events that can execute concurrently.

Stop the system before you perform network maintenance, upgrade the operating system on any machine running Sterling Gentran:Server, or maintain or reorganize your Sterling Gentran:Server database.

Parts of the Controllers Tab

The following illustrates the System Configuration Controllers tab.

The following table describes the parts of the Controllers tab:

Table 1. Controllers tab parts and functions

Part	Function
Controller	Specify the name of the selected controller. When you launch System Configuration from a client, the controller defaults to the primary Sterling Gentran:Server system controller.
Select	Accesses the settings and start/stop controls for the chosen controller.
Browse	Displays the Choose Network Server dialog box so you can select the appropriate controller.
User	Specify the User ID of the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) log on account that you want Sterling Gentran:Server Executive to use on the selected controller.
Password	Specify the password of the ODBC log on account that you want Sterling Gentran:Server Executive to use.
Confirm	Specify again the password of the ODBC log on account for confirmation.
Stop/Start	Stops or starts the appropriate service on the selected controller (the service listed to the left).
Dependencies	Enables you to select the services/load-ordering groups that must be started prior to initiating the Sterling Gentran:Server Executive. The order that the services on which the Executive Service is dependent must be sequenced as follows: Audit Notification service Mailbox service Communications service (if installed)
Auto start	Automatically starts the Executive Service, Poller, or Scheduler service on the selected controller when the Sterling Gentran:Server Executive starts.
Interval	Specify a time (in seconds) to change the interval Sterling Gentran:Server should wait between checking for polled or scheduled events.
Limit concurrent process control events	Limit concurrent process control events.
Max events	Contains the number of process control events that the system is allowed to concurrently execute.

Dependencies

If you click Dependencies on the Controllers tab, you can specify dependencies by selecting the services/load-ordering groups that must be started prior to initiating the Sterling Gentran:Server Executive. The Sterling Gentran:Server Executive Service depends on the following installed services:

• RPC Service
• MSSQL Service
• SQL Executive Service

Important: Exercise caution in changing dependencies—be certain that you are modifying the appropriate ones.

The following illustrates the Dependencies dialog box.

Note: The Executive Service also depends on the Audit Notification, Mailbox, and Communications services (in that order).