Configuring the probe
After installing the probe you need to make various configuration settings to suit your environment.
The following table outlines how to use the probe's properties to configure the product's features. Configuration of some features is mandatory for all installations. For those features set the properties to the correct values or verify that their default values are suitable for your environment. Further configuration is optional depending on which features of the probe you want to use.
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Mandatory features: |
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CORBA connection method The method that the probe obtains the reference to the object needed to connect to the CORBA interface. |
IORFile |
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Authentication Credentials for authenticating with the TMF endpoint. |
Password |
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TMF release version in use |
ReleaseTMF814 |
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Optional features: |
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Resynchronization policy Specifies whether the probe resynchronizes with the TMF endpoint. |
InitialResync |
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Reconnection policy Specifies whether the probe attempts to reconnect to the TMF endpoint following a communications failure. |
RetryCount |
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Inactivity policy Specifies whether the probe disconnects from the TMF endpoint following a period of inactivity. |
Inactivity |
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Heartbeat policy Specifies whether the probe periodically checks that the connection to the TMF endpoint is still operational. |
HeartbeatInterval |
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Support for Unicode and non-Unicode characters Enables the probe to process alarms that contain characters encoded in UTF-8, such as Asian languages. |
EncodingStandard ORBCharEncoding ORBWCharDefault |
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Peer-to-peer failover pair Allows you to set up two probes to act as a failover pair to improve availability. If the master probe should stop working, the slave probes takes over until the master is available once more. |
MessageFile |
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HTTP/HTTPS command interface Enables the HTTP/HTTPS command interface and defines the port that it uses. |
NHttpd.EnableHTTP |
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Running multiple instances of the probe Allows you to run two or more instances of the probe on a single host machine. |
ORBLocalPort |