Understanding Control Manager Network Traffic

To develop a plan to minimize the impact of Control Manager on your network, it's important to understand Control Manager network generated traffic.

Sources of network traffic

The following Control Manager sources generate network traffic:

Traffic frequency

The following sources frequently generate traffic on a Control Manager network:

Logs

Managed products send logs to Control Manager at different intervals � depending on their individual log settings.

Trend Micro Management Infrastructure heartbeat

By default, the Trend Micro Infrastructure (TMI) sends heartbeat messages every sixty minutes. This can be adjusted to anywhere from 5 to 480 minutes (8 hours). When choosing a heartbeat setting, choose a balance between the need to display the latest Communicator status information and the need to manage system resources.

The default setting will be satisfactory for most situations, however should you feel the need to customize these settings, familiarize yourself with the following considerations:

For example, if a connection problem with a Communicator is resolved between heartbeats, it then becomes possible to communicate with a Communicator–even if its status appears as "Inactive" or "Abnormal".

See also:

File sizes

Protocols