Configuring direct connection between the Infrastructure Management Server and the administrator console

In addition to adding and deleting connections in the console configuration, you must configure the connections.

To configure the connection between the Infrastructure Management Server and the administrator console

1. From the menu bar of the administrator console, select Edit > Configure > Administration Settings.
2. In the Configure Administration Settings dialog box, click the Login Servers tab.

3. Modify any of the following TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server configuration parameters, as needed:

   The following parameters are only valid for a direct connection between the administrator console and the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server. For a tunneling through HTTP connection, see Configuring remote actions.

   
   Infrastructure Management Server Configuration Parameters

   Field	Description
   Heartbeat Rate	Frequency, in minutes, at which the administrator console sends a signal to the connected TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server to determine whether the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server is functioning. The default heartbeat rate is 1.
   Enable Port Range	Maximum and minimum port number for the console to use in establishing a connection to a TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server. Designating a port range is useful if the console must communicate to a cell through a firewall with only specific ports available for communication. The console scans through the ports in the specified range until a port, local to the console, is connected to the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server or fails because the port range is exhausted.
   Auto Reconnect	Enables and disables automatic attempts to reconnect to the TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server when the connection has been dropped. The administrator console attempts to reconnect to the server at the Frequency and for the Number of Retries that you specify. If, after the final attempt, the server is still not reconnected, an error message is displayed stating that the server is down, and you must manually restart the server and log back on to the administrator console. A status message is displayed in the status area of the administrator console showing the number of reconnection attempts.

4. Click Apply to save the changes, or click OK to save and exit the dialog box