Allows you to specify the settings for communication between the
agent and the Consolidator. The fields are defined as follows:
Packet size ___ KB
Specifies the size of each packet sent across the network.
Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 product packets consist of
collected data and may span multiple TCP/IP packets. In the Agent
Properties window, this field is available only when the Use
Global Settings check box is clear.
Packets per session ___
Specifies the number of packets an agent can send before it
must disconnect from the Consolidator and then reconnect. In the
Agent Properties window, this field is available only when the
Use Global Settings check box is clear.
Use unencrypted communication port
Specifies to use unencrypted communications. Unencrypted
communications may slightly reduce CPU overhead, but will use more
network bandwidth, if encryption is not required in your enterprise
network. You can view the specified port for unencrypted
communications on the Global Settings Communications tab. You can
change the communications type for all agents or for individual
agents, but all agents must use the same port number for that type
of communications. In the Agent Properties window, this field is
available only when the Use Global Settings check box is
clear.
Use encrypted communication port
Specifies to use encrypted communications, and is the default
setting. You can view the specified port for encrypted
communications on the Global Settings Communications tab. You can
change the communications type for all agents or for individual
agents, but all agents must use the same port number for that type
of communications. In the Agent Properties window, this field is
available only when the Use Global Settings check box is
clear.
Use global settings
Specifies whether this agent uses the settings for agents
configured in the Global Settings window. This check box is
available only when you configure individual agents in the Agent
Properties window.