Configuring Endpoint Policy Server Connections; Enabling The Management Server To Be An Endpoint Policy Server - Check Point HARMONY R81 Administration Manual

Clients continue to connect to the closest Endpoint Policy Server until the next proximity
analysis.
Note - You cannot figure which particular Endpoint Policy Servers a client should use,
only a list of servers for the client to choose from.

Configuring Endpoint Policy Server Connections

To configure Endpoint Policy Server connections:
1. From SmartEndpoint menu, select Manage > Endpoint Connection Settings.
2. Enter or select the Interval between client heartbeats value (Default = 60 seconds).
See "The Heartbeat Interval" on page 370
3. Enter or select the Client will re-evaluate the nearest Policy Server after value (default
= 120 minutes).
This value is the interval, in minutes, after which endpoint clients search for the closest
available Endpoint Policy Server.
4. Optional: Select Enable Endpoint Security Management Server to be the Endpoint
Policy Server.
This option includes Endpoint Security Management Servers in the search for the closest
Endpoint Policy Server.
5. Enter or select the Client will restrict non-compliant endpoint after value (default = 5
heartbeats). See
6. Click OK.
7. Install policies to endpoint computers.
Enabling the Management Server to be an Endpoint Policy
Server
Configure if the Endpoint Security Management Server behaves as an Endpoint Policy Server
along with the other Endpoint Policy Servers.
The default is that the Endpoint Security Management Server does behave as an Endpoint
Policy Server.
Note - If you do not explicitly enable the Endpoint Security Management Server to
behave as an Endpoint Policy Server, it is still in the proximity analysis list. If no other
Endpoint Policy Servers can reply to a client, the Endpoint Security Management
Server replies.
"The Heartbeat Interval" on page 370
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