Property reference

`best_practice.check_connectivity.expand_listening_port`

This property determines whether Service Mapping expands connectivity checks using the process IDs of listening ports. When enabled, it ensures that only processes actively listening on the specified ports are considered during connectivity checks, which can enhance accuracy.

Default: false
Type: boolean
Application: Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do?	Enabling this property allows Service Mapping to check connectivity based solely on the PIDs of processes that are listening on the relevant ports, improving the precision of connectivity assessments.
What area does it affect?	Service Mapping connectivity checks
What does the default mean?	The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default.
When should you review it?	Review this property when configuring Service Mapping or troubleshooting connectivity issues.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name	`best_practice.check_connectivity.expand_listening_port`
Sys ID	`999b0773c3131200ab8f9624a1d3aec8`
Type	boolean
Application	Global
Default value	`false`
Description	If true, then expansion during Connectivity Checks will be done using PID of processes listening on the ports from which the host has been reached
Updated	2023-11-14 06:30:19

Sources

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... performance issues. Instead of maps, users can view CI lists for large application services. • Type: integer • Default value: 5000 • Limit: 10000 • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table best_practice.check_connectivity.expand_listening_port This property controls which PIDs Service Mapping checks during the hop operation in the connectivity check. This property is true, then Service Mapping only checks connectivity on PIDs whose ports ...

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