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By default, the Advanced Security Enabled attribute on the Site object is set to True for the Metasys system installed at or upgraded to Release 10.0 or later. This attribute provides an improved layer of security between Metasys Site Directors and devices. With this attribute set to true, older methods of secure communication between the Site Director and its network engines are disabled. This means a Site Director at Release 10.0 or later discards all communication attempts from network engines up to Release 10.0. This setting applies to the entire site, so if you have any network engine on the site that is running a Metasys release earlier than Release 10.0, use the steps in this section to change this Site object attribute to False. You can use either SCT (offline method) or the Site Management Portal UI (online method). To use the online method, follow these steps: