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Use

The gateway is installed within an instance by the dispatcher and reads its parameters from the profile file located in the profile directory in the SAP directory tree. In standalone operation the gateway is started from the command line or using the administration tools (SAP Management Console).

You can change the following parameters in the gateway.

Some parameters can be changed (dynamically) in production operation (in transaction RZ11 or in the gateway monitor (transactiob SMGWStart of the navigation path Goto  Next navigation step Parameter Next navigation step Change End of the navigation path).

General/Configuration

The following are configuration parameters:

  • gw/startup

  • gw/start_in_homedir

  • gw/accept_remote_trace_level

  • gw/rem_start

  • gw/start_threshold

  • gw/remsh

  • gw/ssh

  • gw/stat

  • gw/monitor

  • gw/logging

  • gw/prxy_info

More information: Configuration Parameters

Load balancing for registered programs is controlled by the following parameters:

  • gw/reg_lb_level

  • gw/reg_lb_default

  • gw/reg_lb_ip

More information: Load Balancing Parameters.

Network

The parameters listed below control the behavior of the gateway within the network.

  • gw/netstat_once

  • gw/alternative_hostnames

  • gw/so_keepalive

  • gw/nitrace

  • gw/nibuf_max

  • gw/nifragtest

More information: Network Parameters

Timeouts

The gateway recognizes various timeouts, which you can set.

  • gw/timeout

  • gw/internal_timeout

  • gw/frag_timeout

  • gw/conn_pending

  • gw/gw_disconnect

  • gw/deallocate_timeout

  • gw/max_sleep

  • gw/keepalive

  • gw/reg_keepalive

  • gw/conn_disconnect

  • gw/cpic_timeout

  • gw/resolve_timeout

  • gw/reg_timeout

  • gw/close_routes

  • gw/nibuf_retry

  • gw/accept_timeout

More information: Timeout Parameters

Resource Management

The following parameters enable gateway resource management.

  • gw/max_sys

  • gw/max_conn

  • gw/listen_queue_len

  • gw/max_overflow_usage

  • gw/max_overflow_size

  • gw/req_stack_size

More information: Resource Management Parameters

Security

Use the following parameter to make security settings in the gateway.

  • gw/acl_file

  • gw/acl_mode

  • gw/sec_info

  • gw/reg_info

  • snc/enable

  • snc/permit_insecure_comm

  • snc/permit_insecure_start

  • snc/permit_common_name

  • snc/gssapi_lib

  • snc/identity/as

More information:

Security Parameters

Security Settings in the Gateway