HTTP (Web Server) Configuration
PA Storage Monitor contains its own web server that allows reports to be delivered to users very easily by simply pointing their web browser at the computer that is running PA Storage Monitor. The built in web server provided by PA Storage Monitor has no relationship to the IIS or other web server, if any, that is running on the same computer, and it may run side by side IIS or even without IIS present. The options on this configuration dialog allow you to control the operation of this web server.
The options available for controlling the built in web server are as follows.
- HTTP Port for Reports and Commands - this setting allows you to set the port on which the built in web server responds to requests. The web server may be entirely disabled by setting this value to 0, which may affect certain commands that may be issued from the PA Storage Monitor console. The default setting is 81, which is different than the standard HTTP port of 80 used widely on the Internet.
- Report Serving - you can determine how PA Storage Monitor serves reports. There are four options. You can disable all report serving. You may enable serving of reports but only to the same machine on which PA Storage Monitor is installed. You can serve reports only to a set of other users, identified by the IP addresses of their computers. Or, you can serve reports to any other computer that requests reports. The default setting is "Serve reports to everyone".
- Command Processing - this setting determines whether PA Storage Monitor responds to commands that are issued by the console (user interface) part of PA Storage Monitor. You may disable command processing entirely. Or, you may enable command processing, but only from the machine on which PA Storage Monitor was installed. The default setting is "Process commands only from this machine."