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  1. Grid: From the Grid tab -> Grid Manager tab, expand the Toolbar and click Grid Properties -> Edit. Select Microsoft Sync Settings tab in the Grid Properties Editor wizard.
    Microsoft Server: From the Grid tab -> Microsoft Servers tab -> Servers tab, select a Microsoft server and click the Edit icon, or click the Action iconĀ  next to the respective Microsoft server and select Edit from the menu. In the Microsoft server editor, click the General tab.
    Standalone appliance: From the System tab -> System Manager tab, expand the Toolbar and click System Properties -> Edit.
  2. Complete the following in the Basic tab:
    • Monitor and Control Services: Select this to enable monitor and control settings for DNS and DHCP services for a specific Microsoft server. This is enabled by default. Each monitor and control setting applies only to the corresponding service and is applicable only to the respective Microsoft server. You can override the settings for each Microsoft server.
      • DNS: Select this to enable monitoring and the ability to control DNS service.
      • DHCP: Select this to enable monitoring and the ability to control DHCP service.
    • Logging output destination: From the drop-down list, select an output destination to which the appliance saves log messages for Microsoft servers. When you select Microsoft Log, the appliance logs the messages that are generated for the respective Microsoft server in the existing Microsoft log. This is selected by default. For more information, see Viewing Synchronization Logs. When you select Syslog, NIOS logs the messages that are generated for the respective Microsoft server in the syslog. For more information about the syslog, see Viewing the Syslog. Click Override to select an output destination to save the log messages at the member level.
    • Monitor DNS and DHCP Services: You can enable monitoring and control services for DNS and DHCP services at the Grid level and override the settings for each service at the Microsoft server level. This is enabled, by default. Each monitoring and control setting applies only to the corresponding service and is applicable to the respective Microsoft server only.
      • Monitor and control DNS Services: Select this to enable monitoring and the ability to control DNS service for the Microsoft server.
      • Synchronize DNS Reporting Data: Select this to synchronize DNS reporting data from the Microsoft server. Clearing this check box disables DNS reporting data synchronization.
      • Monitor and control DHCP Services: Select this to enable monitoring and the ability to control a DHCP service for the Microsoft server.
  3. Optionally, select the Microsoft Server Settings tab in the Grid Properties Editor wizard and complete the following in the Advanced tab or click the Advanced tab in the General tab in a Microsoft server editor:
    • Maximum simultaneous connections: Specify a maximum number of simultaneous RPC connections that can be configured for the respective Microsoft server, which are managed by the Grid. The default is five. You can specify a value between two and 40.
      You can click Override at the member level to specify a new value. The Override button changes to Inherit. Click Inherit to inherit the value from the Grid.
    • RPC timeout: Specify the RPC timeout value in seconds to control the network communication timeout. The default is ten seconds. You can specify a value between one and 60.
      You can click Override at the member level to specify a new value. The Override button changes to Inherit. Click Inherit to inherit the value from the Grid.

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