Picture Perfect 4.6 Enterprise Edition User Manual - UTCFS Global ...

12Picture Perfect 4.6 Enterprise EditionUser ManualTable 1.FieldHosts Form Fields and ControlsDescriptionHost NamePort AddressIP AddressAlternate IP AddressRetriesRetry IntervalPoll PeriodStartup ModeConfigure HostFacilityType the Internet host name for the host. Since this field is case-sensitive and must match theTCP/IP entry, be consistent with your capitalization. Use lowercase characters; up to 64alphanumeric characters are permitted to allow for full domain names. For example, the following line would appear in the /etc/hosts file:192.9.200.1 zeus zeus.support.casi.com #Network Host in supportThis example sets up the alias zeus.support.casi.com for the nethost zeus found ataddress 192.9.200.1.In this case, either zeus or zeus.support.casi.com could be used for the host name entry.Enter a unique number, in the range of 6101 to 9999, for each host. The number must be the samefor a given host across the entire Enterprise system. Numbers below 6101 are reserved.The port address entered is validated against the ports already in use in the /etc/servicesfile.• If the port is available, it is entered into the /etc/services file.• If it is in use, the host record save will fail.This is the Internet address as defined in the /etc/hosts file. For example:192.9.200.1 zeus zeus.support.casi.com #Network Host in supportIn the example above, 192.9.200.1 is the IP address.This field is used for Redundant systems. It must be left blank for Enterprise systems.Enter the number of times a message between hosts will be sent before a host-to-host alarm isgenerated.Recommendation: Enter 3.Enter the number of seconds Picture Perfect waits before retrying a message between the hostand subhost.Recommendation: Enter 20.Enter the number of seconds Picture Perfect waits between polls. If this is set to 0, TPS neverpolls this host and host-to-host communication failures may not be detected.Recommendation: Enter 60.Click the appropriate radio button:• On the nethost, select Listen for all subhost records.• For its own nethost record, this field should be set to Disable.For more information, refer to Table 2 on page 13.This field determines whether a subhost will attempt to talk to the host. Click the appropriate radiobutton:• On the nethost, select Online for all subhost records.• For its own nethost record, this field should be set to Offline.For more information, refer to Table 2 on page 13.Click Facility to display the facilities list box. This field reflects the facility to which this record isassigned.