The Connectors subtab contains a list of all connectors known to the DME server. The following columns show information about each connector:
This column contains the name of the connector. This is originally specified during the installation of the connector, but can be changed in the Main section of the connector's Connector settings page. To view and edit the properties of the connector, click the name.
The icons associated with each connector have the following meaning:
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Primary connector with broadcast (supported users are selected automatically) |
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Failover connector with broadcast |
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Locked connector (see below) |
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Primary connector, supporting a list of named users |
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Failover connector, supporting a list of named users |
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Primary connector, supporting the users of a specified LDAP group |
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Failover connector, supporting the users of a specified LDAP group |
For information about the difference between the types of connectors, see Setting up connectors.
This column uses an icon to show the status of the connector on the current line.
A locked padlock icon means that the connector is locked. Connectors are locked by default when they are created - the administrator must unlock the connector before it can be used.
If the icon is a green checkmark, the connector is enabled and running correctly for this server. Note that if DME is installed as a cluster solution (that is, a solution with multiple DME servers), the connector may be unavailable to other servers in the cluster.
If the icon is a gray dot, the connector is currently unavailable because it has been stopped.
If the icon is an x in a red circle, the connector was once reachable and working, but is now unavailable. This can happen if the number of threads available for the connector has been exhausted - in other words, the connector is overloaded (see the Main section of the connector's Connector settings page). The connector will not accept new jobs until there are available threads again. If DME is installed as a cluster solution, the connector may be available to other servers.
This column shows which collaboration system is serviced by the current connector:
for IBM Lotus Domino, or 
for Microsoft Exchange.
This column shows a green checkmark if the current connector is used for building the LDAP/AD directory group graph as described in the Domain section of the connector's Connector settings page (see Domain).
The next 9 columns show the functions that the connector in question serves. For each connector, you can specify that it should for instance serve users by synchronizing their e-mail and contacts, or that the connector should be used for user authentication. A blue dot indicates that the connector is used for the function; a gray dot indicates that the connector is not used in that capacity. The available functions are:
For more information, see Setting up connectors.
The Location column shows the network location of the current connector. The name of the server and the IP address of the server are shown.
This column shows the number of routes that are serviced by the connector in question. The number of routes is calculated as the number of functions times the number of users. For example, if the current connector is used for authentication for all 300 DME users and for e-mail and contact synchronization for 100 of these users, the number will be (300 users x 1 function (authentication)) + (100 users x 2 functions (e-mail and contact sync.) = 500 routes.
Next to the number, a graph shows the percentage of the total number of routes for the DME server that are served by this connector. If you let the mouse pointer rest on the graph, a tooltip will show the actual percentage.
