Communication

The Communication component provides options for general communication settings. The table in the right-hand part of the Administration Console displays in the left column the options and in the right one drop-down lists or entry fields for the settings. In the lower part of the table you find brief descriptions of the options (which are displayed when clicking them).

Option Description
Protocols
Local Enable local communication on this computer.
General
Compression Enable data compression for native connections.
Encryption Enable data encryption for native connections.
Fully qualified domain name Select YES to use fully qualified domain names (Computername.Domainsuffix).
Connection timeout Number of seconds for establishing a TCP connection.
TCP/IP settings
Computer IP address IP address of this computer.
Listen port TCP The TCP listen port of the OLAP Server Communication Manager on this computer.
Socket buffer size The size of the socket buffer for data transfer.
Listen port UDP The listen port of this computer for the data transfer between the OLAP Server Communication Managers.
XMLA Settings
Listen Port HTTP Port on which the Communication Manager listens for HTTP XMLA Requests.
Listen Port HTTPS Port on which the Communication Manager listens for HTTPS XMLA Requests.

If you change the settings by modifying the ALEA.INI or DB.INI files, or by using a separate window within the MMC, the resulting changes are visible only if you first click another component and then click the changed component again.