By monitoring the replication data flowing into each site, this test helps determine the nature of the inbound traffic handled by every site - whether inter-site or intrasite, and reveals what type of inbound traffic is high on a site. Using this information, administrators can determine whether or not the replication data has been compressed enough to optimize bandwidth usage, and accordingly decide if more data compression is required at the source.

This test applies only to Active Directory Servers installed on Windows 2008.

The default parameters associated with this test are:

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• Specify the IP address of the machine where the Active Directory is installed in the HOST text box.

• Specify the port number through which the Active Directory communicates in the PORT text box. The default port number is 389.

• If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing the configuration for specific servers, a “*” beside the text box corresponding to the parameter signifies that these values have to be manually configured by the user. The parameter values that require to be configured will typically be prefixed with a “$” or contain a series of “*”. A value of "none" in the parameter value indicates that the corresponding parameter value can be changed if required.