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 how many features of the probe you want to use.
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Mandatory features: |
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ObjectServer host name |
Server |
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Web service URI The information needed to define the web service SOAP interface. |
LocalHttpHost |
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IEC CIM AMI version in use |
EndpointRelease |
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Optional features: |
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Inactivity policy Specifies whether the probe disconnects from the EMS endpoint following a period of inactivity. |
Inactivity |
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Data stream capture Allows you to capture the stream of raw binary data from the target device and store it in a file. |
StreamCapture |
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Support for Unicode and non-Unicode characters Enables the probe to process characters encoded in UTF-8, such as Asian languages. |
Encoding StandardUTF8Enabled |
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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. |
MessageLog |
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Probe component logging properties |
None |
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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. |
LocalHttpPort |
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Running the probe as a Windows service |
None |
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