Creating or modifying server connections

You can create a new connection profile or modify existing connection profiles from the Connection Manager dialog box.

To create a server connection:

1. From the Tools menu, select Manage Connections. You can also open the Connection Manager dialog box when you log in to Oracle Calendar by clicking Other from the Sign-in dialog box.

2. Click New.

3. Enter a name for the connection profile.

4. Enter information you want associated with this profile in the Comment field.

5. Enter the calendar server name, which is provided by your system administrator.

6. Click Lookup to perform a search on the server to determine the nodes and authentication, compression and encryption (ACE) schemes available. If the Connection Configuration dialog box opens, select one of the following options and click Configure to automatically configure your server connection:
   • Configure at login from user name: We recommend using this option. Configures your server connection every time you log in to Oracle Calendar. If you choose this option, you cannot set authentication, compression and encryption (ACE) options. The server default ACE settings will be used. Configuring your connection at login eliminates the need for you to reconfigure your connection if you are moved from one calendar server node to another.

   • Configure for specific user: Configures your server connection immediately but will not configure the connection every time you log in to Oracle Calendar. You must enter your user name or user ID or you can perform a search for your name. If you choose this option, you can specify which ACE settings you want to use from the available drop-down lists. If you are moved from one calendar server node to another and you selected this option, you must reconfigure your server connection.

7. In certain scenarios, you can select a node and method of authentication, compression and encryption for your connection from the available drop-down lists. Contact your system administrator for more information on these options. If the Server defined option appears, you do not have the necessary permissions to configure this setting. If the Not available on this server option appears, contact your system administrator.

To modify a server connection:

1. From the Tools menu, select Manage Connections.

2. Select the name of the connection profile that you would like to modify and click Edit. The Connection Editor dialog box opens and displays the connection settings.

3. Make the necessary changes. You may want to do another Lookup when modifying a server connection, in order to see whether there have been changes to the ACE mechanisms.