Switch preferences: Internal communication

These preferences configure advanced settings related to the communication between Switch application components. Do not change these settings unless you understand why you need to change them.

Note: The ports in the range 0 to 1023 are often managed by the IANA and should only be used by privileged users.

Property	Description
Switch Server name	The name of this instance of the Switch Server. This name will be shown to users of SwitchClient. It is also used in the title bar of the application and in the file name of exported logs. If you're launching your log messages in a web browser, this name is also displayed in the title of the web page. Note: Changing the server name requires a restart of Switch.
Port for Switch Designer	The port used for communication between Switch Server and Switch Designer, in the range of 1 to 65535.
Port for SwitchClient	The port used for communication between Switch Server and SwitchClient instances, in the range of 1 to 65535.
Port for Watchdog - Switch Server	The port used for communication between Switch Server and Switch Watchdog, in the range of 1 to 65535.
Port for Watchdog	The port used for communication between Switch Designer and SwitchClient Watchdog, in the range of 1 to 65535. The following options are only available if you have licensed SwitchClient.
Allow older clients to connect (less secure)	To protect Switch against the Heartbleed Bug (a leak in OpenSSL), as of Switch 12 update1, Switch Server uses new, secure SSL certificates for the HTTPS communication with Switch Clients, Enfocus Connectors and Switch Designer. We recommend upgrading to SwitchClient 12 update 1 (or later) or Enfocus Connect 12 (or later). You must recreate the Connectors in order to use the new certificates. However, if you want to establish the communication with older client applications (released before Switch 12 update 1), you can still use the old certificates, by setting this preference to Yes. In that case, be aware that the connections are less secure. Note: Keep in mind that all connections (to old and new clients) use the old certificates. If set to No (default), the Switch Server uses the new, secure SSL certificates for HTTPS communication with Switch Clients, Enfocus Connectors and Switch Designer.
Compress SwitchClient jobs	If set to Yes (default), jobs transferred from and to SwitchClient instances are compressed (resulting in higher processing time and lower bandwidth consumption). If set to No, jobs are not compressed (resulting in lower processing time and higher bandwidth consumption); this option is meaningful for high-speed local networks.

Note: If you want to set a firewall rule to allow all network communication (like SwitchClient, FTP ...), you need to set an exception for the Switch Service process instead of the Switch Designer process because network communication for Switch happens through this process. For more information on which ports should be used, check the above table.