Probe Protocol Configuration

Fields

Proxy enabled (Y/N)

Proxy nodes exist on LANs to provide node name and address mapping facilities for nodes that do not have local network directories. Proxy requests are multicast on the LAN to request information about a third-party node from a proxy node.

Y means this node may be a proxy server and to answer all proxy requests on the LAN. N means this node will ignore all proxy requests on the LAN.

Default value: N

Range: Y or N

Probe requests retransmission maximum

This is the maximum number of transmissions of probe requests (name requests and address requests) before a probe failure is reported. Because it is unlikely that probe-request data is lost, HP recommends that you keep the maximum number of retransmissions low.

Default value: 2

Range: 1-10

Probe requests retransmission timeout (seconds)

This field is for specifying the time limit between retransmissions of probe requests. This is the time interval in seconds that the probe protocol will wait for a reply before attempting to retransmit a request. The value should be set sufficiently large to avoid retransmissions in a temporarily overloaded environment, yet small enough to get a timely failure report when failure is inevitable.

Default value: 1

Range: 1-10

Proxy requests retransmission maximum

The maximum number of retransmissions of proxy requests before a probe failure is reported. Because it is unlikely that probe-request data is lost, HP recommends that you keep the maximum number of retransmissions low.

Default value: 2

Range: 1-10

Proxy requests retransmission timeout (seconds)

The time interval in seconds that the probe protocol will wait for a reply before attempting to retransmit a proxy request. The value should be set sufficiently large to avoid retransmissions in a temporarily overloaded environment, yet small enough to get a timely failure report when failure is inevitable. The default value is set somewhat higher than for probe requests timeout because proxy requests involve a network directory lookup and consequently more time than regular probe requests.

Default value: 4

Range: 1-10