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Configuring
Use this information to configure your network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters.
Configuring a network
This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful HCL Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
Setting up Domino® servers on the network
Before and after installing a Domino® server, perform required tasks.
Fine-tuning network port setup on a server
After you install and set up a Domino® server, review the list of network ports that were enabled by the Server Setup program. Unless you customize network settings during setup, Domino enables ports based on the current operating system configuration. To conserve system resources, disable the ports for protocols that you do not need.
Compressing network data on a server port
To reduce the amount of data transmitted between an HCL Notes® workstation and HCL Domino® server or between two Domino servers, enable network compression for each enabled network port. Whether you should enable compression on a network port depends on the type of network connection and the type of data being transmitted.

Configuring
Use this information to configure your network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters.
- Configuring a network
  This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful HCL Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
  - Domino® and networks
    A variety of client systems can use wireless or wired technology to communicate with Domino® servers over local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and metropolitan area networks (MANs). For example, Notes® workstations and Domino servers use the Notes remote procedure call (NRPC) protocol running over the LAN's network protocol to communicate with other Domino servers. Other client systems, such as Web browsers, Internet mail clients, wireless application protocol (WAP) devices, and personal information management (PIM) devices, can also communicate with Domino servers.
  - Network security
    Physical network security is beyond the scope of this documentation, but you must set it up before you set up connection security. Physical network security prevents unauthorized users from breaking through the network and using one of the operating system's native services -- for example, file sharing -- to access the server. Physical network security also comes into play when any data is exposed, as the potential exists for malicious or unauthorized users to eavesdrop both on the network where the Domino® system resides and on the system you are using to set up the server.
  - Setting up Domino® servers on the network
    Before and after installing a Domino® server, perform required tasks.
    - Setting up Notes® named networks
      The Domino® Server Setup program automatically places all servers that are in a Domino domain and that run the same network protocol in the same Notes® named network (NNN). In the Server document, the setup program assigns each NNN a default name in the format portname network.
    - Fine-tuning network port setup on a server
      After you install and set up a Domino® server, review the list of network ports that were enabled by the Server Setup program. Unless you customize network settings during setup, Domino enables ports based on the current operating system configuration. To conserve system resources, disable the ports for protocols that you do not need.
      - Disabling a network port on a server
        Even after you disable a port, it still appears in the list of available ports so that you can later enable it.
      - Enabling a network port on a server
        If the server port you want to enable will be the Notes® workstation's only means of connecting with the server, do not use this procedure. Instead, use the Ports setting in the server's NOTES.INI file.
      - Adding a network port on a server
        Create a Connection document in Notes® if the HCL Notes workstation already has a port in common with the server and you still cannot connect to it. If the server port you want to add will be the Notes workstation's only means of connecting with the server, do not use this procedure. Instead, use the Ports setting in the server's NOTES.INI file.
      - Deleting a network port on a server
        When you delete a port, it no longer appears in the list of available ports in the Setup Ports dialog box.
      - Renaming a network port on a server
        You might want to rename a port to reflect its function. For example, suppose you add a second TCP/IP port named SRV-TCP so that clustered servers can communicate over a private network. Then you might want to might want to rename the original TCP/IP port through which users will communicate with the server USR-TCP.
      - Reordering a network port on a server
        Changing the order in which ports are listed in the Setup Ports dialog box also changes the Ports setting in the NOTES.INI file. List the ports in the order in which you want them to be used -- for example, list nearest or fastest connections first. Then when a server uses a Notes® named network or a Connection document to locate another server, the port with a close or fast connection will be used as the preferred path.
      - Encrypting NRPC communication on a server port
        You can encrypt network data on a server's Notes® network ports to prevent the network eavesdropping that's possible with a network protocol analyzer. Network encryption occurs at the application layer of a given protocol and is independent of other forms of encryption. Network data is encrypted only while it is in transit. After the data is received and stored, network encryption is no longer in effect.
      - Compressing network data on a server port
        To reduce the amount of data transmitted between an HCL Notes® workstation and HCL Domino® server or between two Domino servers, enable network compression for each enabled network port. Whether you should enable compression on a network port depends on the type of network connection and the type of data being transmitted.
    - Server setup tasks specific to TCP/IP
      After you run the Domino® Server Setup program, complete these procedures:
- Configuring users and servers
  Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.

Compressing network data on a server port

To reduce the amount of data transmitted between an HCL Notes® workstation and HCL Domino® server or between two Domino® servers, enable network compression for each enabled network port. Whether you should enable compression on a network port depends on the type of network connection and the type of data being transmitted.

About this task

For compression to work, enable it on both sides of a network connection. To enable compression for a network port on a server, use the Server tab in the Domino® Administrator. To enable compression on network ports on Notes® workstations, from the Domino® Administrator, use a setup or desktop policy settings document or from a workstation, use the User Preferences dialog box.

You benefit from using network compression only if the data being transmitted is not already compressed. In the case of a network dialup service such as Microsoft's Remote Access Service (RAS) which includes built-in compression, enabling compression on Notes® network ports does not provide any additional benefit. The same is true of tasks involving data that was compressed using the Lempel-Ziv algorithm (LZ1 compression) -- such as replicating a mail file with a large number of compressed attachments.

While compression decreases bandwidth use on a LAN, you must weigh this gain against increased memory and processor use, since network compression works by buffering data before compressing it. The cost of compression might be worth it only for a heavily loaded network.

Procedure

From the Domino® Administrator, click the server for which you want to turn on network compression.
Click the Configuration tab.
From the Domino® Administrator's Tools pane, choose Server > Setup Ports.
Select the port for which you want to turn on compression.

Note: Make sure Port enabled is selected for that port.
Select Compress network data.
Click OK.
Click the Server > Status tab.
From the Domino® Administrator's Tools pane, select Restart Port. (If you can't see the Tools pane, make sure you are in the Server Tasks view.)