Configuring the Settings for a SMP Server

The SMP Address is the same as the settings for the Windows server interface.

For deployments with multiple SMP Servers, enter the DNS name in System > Settings > General page.

SMP deployments that use more than one server can configure the Load Balancing weight for these types of traffic:

  • Gateway logs

  • Gateway heartbeats

The higher the Load Balancing value, the higher the percentage of traffic that is sent to the specified server. For example, for a deployment with two servers:

Load Balancing Field

Value

Description

Load Balancing Weight (Log Server)

200

2/3 of the gateway logs are sent to this server

Load Balancing Weight (Log Server)

100

1/3 of the gateway logs are sent to this server

To configure the IP address settings for the SMP Server:

  1. Go to System> SMP Servers.

    The SMP Servers window opens and shows a list of servers.

  2. Click the server name.

    The Server window opens and shows the General page in the Configure tab.

  3. Click Settings.

  4. Configure these settings in the Server IP Addresses section:

    • IP Address - The IP Address for the SMP Server.

    • NAT IP Address (external IP address) - Optional - Enter the NAT IP address for the server. When this field is empty, the server uses the SMP Address.

    • DNS Name - Optional - Enter the DNS name for the SMP Server. When this field is empty, the server uses the SMP NAT Address.

  5. Configure these settings in the Load Balancing section:

    • Load Balancing Weight (as Log Server) - Enter the value to increase or decrease the percentage of gateway logs that are sent to this server. The default value of 100 distributes gateway logs equally to all servers.

    • Load Balancing Weight as Configuration Deployment Server) - Enter the value to increase or decrease the percentage of gateway heartbeat traffic that is sent to this server. The default value of 100 distributes gateway heartbeat traffic equally to all servers.

  6. Click Save.