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Completing the FPolicy external engine configuration worksheet

You can use this worksheet to record the values that you need during the FPolicy external engine configuration process. If a parameter value is required, you need to determine what value to use for those parameters before you configure the external engine.

Information for a basic external engine configuration

You should record whether you want to include each parameter setting in the external engine configuration and then record the value for the parameters that you want to include.

Type of informationRequiredIncludeYour values
storage virtual machine (SVM) nameYesYes 
Engine nameYesYes 
Primary FPolicy serversYesYes 
Port numberYesYes 
Secondary FPolicy serversNo  
External engine typeNo  
SSL option for communication with external FPolicy serverYesYes 
Certificate FQDN or custom common nameNo  
Certificate serial numberNo  
Certificate authorityNo  

Information for advanced external engine parameters

To configure an external engine with advanced parameters, you must enter the configuration command while in advanced privilege mode.

Type of informationRequiredIncludeYour values
Timeout for canceling a requestNo  
Timeout for aborting a requestNo  
Interval for sending status requestsNo  
Maximum outstanding requests on the FPolicy serverNo  
Timeout for disconnecting a nonresponsive FPolicy serverNo  
Interval for sending keep-alive messages to the FPolicy serverNo  
Maximum reconnect attemptsNo  
Receive buffer sizeNo  
Send buffer sizeNo  
Timeout for purging a session ID during reconnectionNo