Configuring the Server Monitor

The server monitor enables communication between the DesignSight client and the Execution Engine.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Ensure that the communication daemon process CATSysDemon is not running on any machine on which you are starting the server monitor.
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Remote Execution

Set up communication ports

For installations on machines that will be used a submission hosts, you must set up appropriate communication ports to enable communication between the DesignSight client and the Execution Engine.

Port numbers to enable communication are specified in the following file (see How Does an Installation Affect My Computer? in the Installation and Deployment Guide for more details):

Windows
%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\services
Linux
/etc/services

The reserved port numbers on the Abaqus Simulation Engine submission host must match the reserved port numbers on the DesignSight client installation. If you are installing the Abaqus Simulation Engine on multiple machines that will be used as submission hosts, the port numbers must be consistent across all machines. Port numbers do not need to be reserved on execution hosts that will not be used as submission hosts (see Execution hosts).

In most cases the default port numbers do not need to be changed. However, you can modify the reserved ports if necessary by editing the services file or by using the DSYSetCommPorts tool described in Setting Backbone and Peripheral Device Broker Port Numbers in the Installation and Deployment Guide.

Start the server monitor

You must manually start the server monitor on any machine that will be used as a submission host.

You start the server monitor using the following command:

Windows
install_root\win_b64\code\bin\CATSTART 
   -run "CATBatSrvMonitorExe BB" -direnv path_to_environment
   -env environment_name
Linux
install_root/linux_a64/code/command/CATSTART 
   -run "CATBatSrvMonitorExe BB" -direnv path_to_environment
   -env environment_name

The CATBatSrvMonitorExe process also starts the CATSysDemon communication daemon process.

Only one CATBatSrvMonitorExe process should be running on any machine. You do not need administrator privileges to start the server monitor.

Warning: If the server monitor is restarted on a submission host while a simulation is running, the client that submitted the simulation must also be restarted to reestablish a connection between the machines.