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Determining the Right Heartbeat Setting
When choosing a heartbeat setting, balance between the need to display the latest
Communicator status information and the need to manage system resources. Trend
Micro's default settings is satisfactory for most situations, however consider the
following points when you customize the heartbeat setting:
Registering Network VirusWall Enforcer 2500 to
Control Manager
Network VirusWall Enforcer 2500 is a standalone product and you do not need to
register the device to Control Manager. However, by registering to Control Manager
you gain the benefits explained earlier in this appendix. All features are managed
using the Network VirusWall Enforcer 2500 Preconfiguration console and Web
console. Before registering Network VirusWall Enforcer 2500 to a Control Manager
3.5 server, you must ensure that both the device and the Control Manager server
belong to the same network segment.
To register Network VirusWall Enforcer 2500 to Control Manager:
1.
Log on to the Preconfiguration console.
2.
On the
Main Menu
of the Preconfiguration console, type
2
to select
Device
Settings
and press
Enter
. The Device Settings Screen displays.
H
EARTBEAT
F
REQUENCY
R
ECOMMENDATION
Long-interval Heartbeats (above
60 minutes)
The longer the interval between heartbeats, the greater
the number of events that may occur before Control
Manager reflects the communicator status on the
Control Manager management console.
For example, if a connection problem with a
Communicator is resolved between heartbeats, it then
becomes possible to communicate with a
Communicator even if the status appears as (inactive)
or (abnormal).
Short-interval Heartbeats (below
60 minutes)
Short intervals between heartbeats present a more
up-to-date picture of your network status at the Control
Manager server. However, this is a
bandwidth-intensive option.
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Heartbeat Recommendations
