Agents Administration - Tests
 

Configuration of NPSRAcctServerTest

This test tracks the requests to and responses from each accounting server and reveals whether/not the servers are responding as quickly as the requests come in. You can also use this test to monitor the time each server takes to process requests, and thus identify the server that is experiencing a processing bottleneck. In addition, the test also captures the rate at which packets are dropped by the server and malformed/erroneous packets are received by the server, thus pointing to issues with the client or in the network connection between the server and the client. The load on each server is also revealed by monitoring the packets received by and the pending requests on the server from time to time. This way, the test pinpoints irregularities in load-balancing between servers, which in time can bottleneck request processing by the servers, resulting in slowdowns.

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 the host name of the server for which the test is to be configured in the HOST text box.

  • In the PORT text box, specify the port at which the specified HOST listens. By default, this is NULL.

  • 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.