Planning - Transfer Windows
Transfer windows allow for a better optimization of network traffic by defining when transfers should take place and what percentage of bandwidth to use at each transfer period. The hourly slots are represented in the visual form of a spreadsheet. Each slot or cell represents the allowed network activity of one hour of the week. By consulting this planning, agents know if they can communicate using the network and to what extent. The numbers defined in each slot are interpreted depending on the window's settings.
The first step in managing the network bandwidth is to define the network unit and the channel for the data. These settings apply to all slots in the window, meaning that slot types cannot be mixed in the same window.
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Unit | This drop-down box appears the unit in which the bandwidth is calculated for the following table it. To change the value click the arrow at the right of the box and select the desired value from the list. The units marked with Total are useful when hourly bandwidth amounts are fixed, for example, 400 MB per hour. |
Channel | This drop-down box defines the channel of the data for the transfer window, possible values are Notification (the master server or relay informs its children that data (for example, packages, operational rules) are waiting for them on the parent), Data (interagent data transfer (from one level to another: upstream/downstream or downstream/upstream). Data can be operational rules, packages, inventories, etc.) or Multicast send . To change the value click the arrow at the right of the box and select the desired value from the drop-down list. This setting indicates whether the window controls apply to data delivery and reception, notification communications or if it defines a multicast software delivery mode. |
Shareable | Check this box if the transfer window is to be applied as well to all children of the device (relay) this transfer window will be assigned to. Be aware, that if a child already has a transfer window of this type assigned, it will ignore this new transfer window, because a device can only be assigned one transfer window of each type. Also the client will only check for transfer windows shared by its relay after an agent restart. This option is deactivated if the channel is Multicast send . |