Server settings

Adjust server settings to fine-tune ePO - On-prem for the needs of your organization. Your customizations affect all your ePO - On-prem users.

For descriptions of the categories provided by managed products, see your managed product documentation.

Default server settings

Server settings category	Description
Active Directory Groups	Specifies the LDAP server to use for each domain.
Directory Server User Logon	Specifies whether members of your mapped Active Directory (AD) groups can log on to your server using their AD credentials once the Directory Server User Logon feature is fully configured.
Agent Contact Method	Specifies the priority of methods that ePO - On-prem uses when it tries to contact a Trellix Agent. To change the priority, select Agent Contact Method under Setting Categories, click Edit, then select the priority. Each contact method must have a different priority level. The methods to contact a Trellix Agent are: Fully Qualified Domain Name NetBIOS name IP Address
Agent Deployment Credentials	Specifies whether users are allowed to cache agent deployment credentials.
Approvals	Allows you to choose whether a user needs approvals to make policy changes and client task changes.
Certificate Based Authentication	Specifies whether Certificate Based Authentication is enabled, and the settings and configurations required for the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate being used.
Dashboards	Specifies the default active dashboard that is assigned to new users’ accounts at the time of account creation, and the default refresh rate (5 minutes) for dashboard monitors.
Disaster Recovery	Enables and sets the keystore encryption passphrase for Disaster Recovery.
Email Server	Specifies the email server that ePO - On-prem uses to send email messages. Allows you to edit email server details.
Event Filtering	Specifies which events the agent forwards. Allows you to edit event filtering details that forwards to the server.
Event Notifications	Specifies how often ePO - On-prem checks your notifications to see if any trigger Automatic Responses. Allows you to edit event notifications details.
Extended Computer Properties	Specifies the maximum number of extended computer properties on the system details page. To display the OS edition type of a system on the System Properties page, select the OS Edition checkbox and save your settings.
Filter Criteria Setting	Allows you to enable/disable the display of query filter criteria in the exported PDF.
Global Updating	Specifies whether and how global updating is enabled.
License Key	Specifies the license key used to register this ePO - On-prem software.
Logon Message	Specifies whether a custom message is displayed when users log on to the ePO - On-prem console, and the message content.
Logon Protection	Allows you to the invalid login attempts limit and restrict login by blocking source IP addresses or allowing only a few IP addresses. You can also monitor login attempts and manage IP addresses, manually or automatically.
Multiple Tabs	Manages simultaneous policy updates by allowing administrators to enable or disable editing the same policy in multiple browser tabs. By default, this setting is enabled. It shows a warning about potential data corruption. When enabled, Allow users to edit the same policy in more than one browser tab at the same time. Displays a warning message to avoid editing in multiple tabs, as it can cause data issues. If one user edits and saves a policy, then the other user who is trying to save the same policy will get a warning message saying the policy has been updated. It will then either reload the page or overwrite the changes done by the first user. When disabled, Restricts users from opening or editing ePO content in multiple browser tabs using the same session. User trying to access the ePO console in a new tab using the same session already in use will see a message to either return to the original window or reset their session.
Trellix ePO Server Public DNS	Specifies the ePO - On-prem Server Public DNS name.
Notifications	Displays a warning dialog box when the policy\task deployment affects the endpoints more than the set limit. Allows you to set the number of endpoints limit between 1-999,999,999.
Password Policy	Enables the password strength criteria with the minimum password requirements and limits the number of days before the password expires.
Policy and Task Retention	Specifies whether the policies and client task data is removed when you delete the product extension.
Ports	Specifies the ports used by the server when it communicates with agents and the database.
Printing and Exporting	Specifies how information is exported to other formats, and the template for PDF exports. It also specifies the default location where the exported files are stored.
Product Compatibility List	Specifies whether the Product Compatibility List is automatically downloaded and whether it displays any incompatible product extensions.
Product Improvement Program	Specifies whether ePO - On-prem can collect data proactively and periodically from the managed client systems.
Proxy Settings	Specifies the type of proxy settings configured for your ePO - On-prem server.
Queries	Specifies the maximum number of elements that can be displayed in the charts. Higher number of elements may affect query and chart performance. Allows you to edit queries page.
Repository Certificate Management	Allows you to manage the SSL/TLS certificates for the secured repository and Trellix Source Sites.
Scheduler Tasks	Specifies the number of server tasks that run at the same time.
Security Keys	Specifies and manages the agent-server secure communication keys and repository keys.
Server Certificate	Specifies the server certificate that your ePO - On-prem server uses for HTTPS communication with browsers.
Server Information	Specifies Java, OpenSSL, and Apache server information, such as name, IP address, and version information.
Software Evaluation	Specifies the information required to enable check-in and deployment of evaluation software from the Software Catalog.
Source Sites	Specifies which source sites your server connects to for updates, and which sites are fallback sites.
System Details Settings	Specifies which queries and systems properties are displayed in the System Details page for your managed systems.
System Tree Sorting	Specifies whether and how System Tree sorting is enabled in your environment.
User Policies	Enables or disables database mirroring to improve performance for policy assignment rules.
User Session	Specifies the amount of time a user can be inactive before the system logs them out.
Virtual MAC Vendors	Allows you to add virtual MAC vendor. You can also edit and delete existing vendors. For details, See Add Virtual MAC Vendor.