If the server port you want to enable will be the Notes® workstation's only means of connecting with the server, do not use this procedure. Instead, use the Ports setting in the server's NOTES.INI file.

About this task

If the Notes workstation already has a port in common with the server and you still cannot connect to it, create a Connection document in Notes.

Procedure

1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the server on which you want to enable a port.

2. Click the Configuration tab.

3. From the Domino Administrator'sTools pane, choose Server -> Setup Ports.

4. Select the port you want to enable, and then select Port enabled.

5. Click TCP/IP Options, Options, or COMx Options, and specify information as appropriate.

6. Click OK.

7. Click the Server -> Status tab.

8. To make the change take effect, from the Domino Administrator's Tools pane, choose Restart Port. (If you can't see the Tools pane, make sure you are in theServer Tasks view.)

9. In the Server document, click the Ports -> Notes Network Ports tab, and edit these fields as necessary:

Table 1. Notes Network Ports fields

Field	Action
Port	Enter the port name. Domino assigns a default port name to each network protocol detected on the system.
Notes Network	Enter the name of the Notes named network for the group of Domino servers that are in this location and run on a particular protocol -- for example, Boston TCPIP. Space characters are allowed in a Notes network name.
Net Address	Enter the protocol-specific name of the server -- for example, sales.renovations.com. The name you use depends on the convention of the network protocol. This field is used to determine the address that other servers use to access this server.
Disabled/Enabled	Choose Enabled so that other servers will know the port is enabled.

11. Make sure that this server is set up to replicate its Domino Directory to other servers, or enter the preceding changes into the Server document on a server that is set up to do the replication, or other servers will not know that they can connect to this server over the newly enabled port.

Related concepts
Fine-tuning network port setup on a server

Related tasks
Encrypting NRPC communication on a server port
Compressing network data on a server port
Setting up Notes named networks
Resolving server names to network addresses in NRPC