Instruction Manual

2 What’s New in Connectors 4.0?
In release 4.0, connectors work seamlessly with more search appliance features than
previous releases. Noteworthy features of Connectors 4.0 include:
● Resiliency
● Easy monitoring and reporting
● Off-Board installation
● Connector configuration
● Crawl configuration
● Updates every 15 minutes
● Support for early binding only
● SAML security messages
● Simplified troubleshooting
● Giving all users access to all documents
● Saving feeds sent to the GSA
Resiliency
Because Connectors 4.0 are “stateless,” they are more resilient than previous versions. For
example, in previous versions, you had to restart the connectors when errors occurred. In
this version, when an error occurs, you can ignore it because it will be corrected without
administrator intervention.
Easy monitoring and reporting
The Connector Dashboard is a new, web-based interface that eases monitoring and
reporting. It displays the connector’s version, status, statistics, configuration variables and
values, response time and available throughput in real time (including the previous hour
and the previous day), and recent log messages.
Also, from the Connector Dashboard, you can download the Diagnostics zip archive, which
contains logs and other rich data about the connector.
For more information about the Connector Dashboard, see Monitor Connectors with the
Dashboard.