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Information Required for Trusted Host Registration

The following information is required during Trusted Host registration:

• SM Admin User Name

  The name of a Policy Server administrator allowed to register the host with the Policy Server.

  This administrator should already be defined at the Policy Server and have the permission Register Trusted Hosts set. The default administrator is SiteMinder.

• SM Admin Password

  The SOA Security Manager Policy Server administrator account password.

• Trusted Host Name

  a unique name that represents the trusted host to the Policy Server. This name does not have to be the same as the physical client system that you are registering; it can be any unique name, for example, mytrustedhost.

  Note: This name must be unique among trusted hosts and not match the name of any other SiteMinder or SOA Agent.

• Host Configuration Object

  The name of the Host Configuration Object in the Policy Server that defines the connection between the trusted host and the Policy Server. For example, to use the default, enter DefaultHostSettings. In most cases, you will have created your own Host Configuration Object.

  Note: This value must match the Host Configuration Object entry set at the Policy Server.

• Policy Server IP Address

  The IP address, or host name, and authentication port of the Policy Server where you are registering the host. The default port is 44442. If you do not provide a port, the default is used.

  You can specify a non-default port number, but if your Policy Server is configured to use a non-default port and you omit it when you register a trusted host, the following error is displayed:

  Registration Failed (bad ipAddress[:port] or unable to connect to Authentication server (-1)

  Note also that if you specify a non-default port, that port is used for the Policy Server's authentication, authorization, and accounting ports; however, the unified server responds to any Agent request on any port. The entry in the SmHost.conf file will look like:

  policyserver="ip_address,5555,5555,5555"