Administration of the Internet Communication Manager (SAP Library

Administration of the Internet Communication Manager

The Internet Communication Manager (ICM) is the component of the NetWeaver Application Server that receives and sends Web requests (HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP).

If you want to use the application server as a Web server or client, you have to configure and monitor the ICM. The ICM administration functions are managed partly using profile parameters, and partly using the ICM monitor (transaction SMICM).

Technical System Landscape

You can find information about the structure and functions of the ICM in the architecture documentation under Structure link Internet Communication Manager (ICM).

Tasks

The most important administration tasks that you need to perform in connection with the ICM are listed below:

Parameterization	Parameterization of the ICM and the ICM Server Cache contains all the profile parameters that are important for operating the ICM. You will also find an example profile here.
Monitoring	Monitoring the ICM describes how to administrate and monitor the ICM. You can use the ICM Monitor or the Web Administration Interface to do this.
Using operating system signals	You can also control the ICM using operating system signals. For details see Using Signals to Control the ICM.
Logging	The ICM enables requests to be recorded. For more information see Logging in the ICM
Using UNIX ports <1024	If you want to bind ports with numbers under 1024 in UNIX, you can use an external binding program. For more information see: Binding Ports < 1024 on UNIX.
Setting up error handling	You can configure HTTP errors to be handled by the ICM. The procedure is described in Error Handling Using the ICM.
Error analysis and correction	For tips on analyzing errors with the ICM see Problem Analysis and Error Search.