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 in the legacy version of SwitchClient. It is also used in the title bar of the application and in the file name of exported logs. 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 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 Switch Watchdog, in the range of 1 to 65535.
Job client type	Type of client used to submit and check jobs: Default: Job submission is enabled from within the Switch Web Portal and through the new Switch Web Services (REST API) Legacy: Job submission is enabled through the legacy SwitchClient (desktop application) or legacy Switch Web Services (SOAP API). Note: Changing this preference requires a restart of Switch Server and Designer. 'Legacy' is the default value for users that upgraded from a previous Switch version; in other cases, 'Default' is the default value. The following options are only available if Job client type = legacy.
Compress SwitchClient jobs	Yes (default): Jobs transferred from and to SwitchClient instances are compressed (resulting in higher processing time and lower bandwidth consumption). No: Jobs are not compressed (resulting in lower processing time and higher bandwidth consumption); this option is meaningful for high-speed local networks.
Port for SwitchClient	Port to be used for the communication between Switch Server and SwitchClient instances.

Note: If you want to set a firewall rule to allow all network communication (like the Switch Web Portal, the legacy 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.