Configuring Operating Parameters for NIC Hosts on a Solaris Platform
The operating parameters define how the NIC host interacts with other SRC components, such as the directory.
You can also configure NIC operating parameters from the SRC CLI, see Chapter 10, Configuring NIC with the SRC CLI.
To configure the operating parameters:
- Log in as
root
.- Start the local configuration tool in the directory where you installed the NIC.
/opt/UMC/nic/etc/configThe Network Information Collector window appears.
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- Configure the fields in each tab of this window. The following sections describe the properties on each tab:
- Directory Connection Properties for NIC Hosts
- NIC Host Properties
- Additional Properties for NIC Hosts
- Click OK.
NOTE: If you change any of the NIC operating parameters, restart NIC for the changes to take effect.
Directory Connection Properties for NIC Hosts
In the Main tab of the Network Information Collector window of the local configuration tool, you can modify the following fields to configure directory connection properties.
Primary Directory Server
- Location of the directory server in URL string format.
- Value—URL in the format [ ldap | ldaps ]:// {<host>}:<portNumber>
- ldap—LDAP connection (not secure)
- ldaps—Secure LDAP connection
- <host>—Name or IP address of the host that supports the directory
- <portNumber>—Number of the TCP/IP port
Backup Directory Servers
For format of the URL, see the field Primary Directory Server.
Base DN
Bind DN
- DN that contains the username that the directory server uses to authenticate the NIC host.
- Value—<DN>, <base>
- Example—cn=nic, ou=Components, o=Operators, <base>
Bind Password
- Password that the directory server uses to authenticate the NIC host.
- Value—Text string or Base64 string
- Example—nic
Static Configuration DN
- DN of the location in which the NIC configuration is stored.
- Value—DN
- Example—l=OnePop, l=NIC, ou=staticConfiguration, ou=Configuration, o=Management, o=umc
Dynamic Configuration DN
- DN of the location in which data that the NIC automatically generates is stored.
- Value—DN
- Example—ou=dynamicConfiguration, ou=Configuration, o=Management, o=umc
Connect Timeout(s)
- Time that the NIC waits for the directory server to respond when it tries to connect to the directory.
- Value—Number of seconds in the range 1-2147483647
- Example—10
NIC Host Properties
In the NIC Host tab of the Network Information Collector window of the local configuration tool, you can modify the following fields.
NIC Host Name
- Name of the NIC host that you configured.
- Value—Text string
- Guidelines—Use the name DemoHost. The configuration scenarios all use DemoHost as the NIC hostname.
- Default—No value
- Example—DemoHost
NIC Host Runtime Group
- Group to which this NIC host belongs if you configure NIC replication.
- Value—Text string
- Default—No value
- Example—ontarioHosts
Additional Properties for NIC Hosts
In the Other tab of the Network Information Collector window of the local configuration tool, you can modify the following fields.
NIC Host Java
- Path to the JRE.
- Value—Path (absolute or relative) to the directory that contains the JRE
- Example—../jre/bin
JVM Max Heap
- Maximum memory size available to the JRE.
- Value—Capacity in megabytes
- Guidelines—By default, the JRE can allocate 128 MB. Change this value if you have problems because of lack of memory. Set to a value lower than the available physical memory to avoid low performance because of disk swapping.
If you use an SAE plug-in agent, we recommend that you increase the JVM max heap to a value in the range 400-500 MB.
Enable Sysman Clients
Sysman IOR
- Folder that contains the IOR file for the NIC. The NIC writes its object references to this folder, and the SNMP agent discovers NIC components by monitoring the NIC IOR file in this folder.
- Value—Path to the folder that contains the IOR
- Guidelines—By default, the NIC IOR file is in the var folder, which is relative to the SNMP agent installation folder (/opt/UMC/agent). You need to change this property only if you installed the SNMP agent in a folder other than the default folder, or if you previously changed this property and now need it to point to the folder where the IOR file currently resides.
- Default—/opt/UMC/agent/var