Aimsamsrv.cfg specifies default Spatial Server settings for ArcMap Server and is located at:

Windows: <ArcGIS Installation Directory>\ArcIMS\Server\etc
UNIX and Linux: $AIMSHOME/etc

The following settings can be changed:

• <SERVERCOMPONENT connectionsharing="1">
  

  The number of pooled ArcIMS Server instances connecting to one ArcSDE connection. For more information see Setting connection parameters for ArcSDE. Recommended value is 1.

• <PARAMETER name="featurelimit" value="2000" />
  

  Maximum number of features that can be returned in one response. For more information, see Strategies for using feature limits.

• <PARAMETER name="ConnectionCheckInterval" value="300" />
  

  The time interval between attempts to reconnect to ArcSDE when an ArcSDE server is unavailable. For more information, see Setting timeouts.

• <PARAMETER name="returngeometry" value="xmlmode" />
  

  Determines whether geometry is returned from a GET_FEATURES request. Values are xmlmode, none, and all. The default value is xmlmode. For more information, see Restricting geometry in responses.

After making any changes to this file, you must restart ArcIMS Monitor and ArcIMS Application Server.