Managing HP Serviceguard A.11.20.20 for Linux, March 2014

16.89.120.0
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Possible IP Monitor Subnets:
IPv4:
16.89.112.0 Polling Target 16.89.112.1
IPv6:
3ffe:1000:0:a801:: Polling Target 3ffe:1000:0:a801::254
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The IP Monitor section of the cluster configuration file will look similar to the following for a subnet
on which IP monitoring is configured with target polling.
IMPORTANT: By default, the cmquerycl does not verify that the gateways it detects will work
correctly for monitoring. But if you use the -w full option, cmquerycl will validate them as
polling targets.
SUBNET 192.168.1.0
IP_MONITOR ON
POLLING_TARGET 192.168.1.254
By default, IP_MONITOR parameter is set to OFF. If a gateway is detected for the subnet in question,
it populates the POLLING_TARGET , which is commented out, and sets the IP_MONITOR parameter
to OFF.
SUBNET 192.168.1.0
IP_MONITOR OFF
#POLLING_TARGET 192.168.1.254
To configure a subnet for IP monitoring with peer polling, edit the IP Monitor section of the cluster
configuration file to look similar to this:
SUBNET 192.168.2.0
IP_MONITOR ON
The IP Monitor section of the cluster configuration file will look similar to the following in the case
of a subnet on which IP monitoring is disabled:
SUBNET 192.168.3.0
IP_MONITOR OFF
3.5.7.2.1 Failure and Recovery Detection Times
With the default NETWORK_POLLING_INTERVAL of 2 seconds (see “Cluster Configuration
Parameters ” (page 90)), the IP monitor will detect IP failures typically within 8–10 seconds for
Ethernet and within 16–18 seconds for InfiniBand. Similarly, with the default
NETWORK_POLLING_INTERVAL, the IP monitor will detect the recovery of an IP address typically
within 8–10 seconds for Ethernet and with 16–18 seconds for InfiniBand.
The minimum time for detecting a failure/recovery of an IP address is 8 seconds for Ethernet and
15 seconds for InfiniBand.
IMPORTANT: HP strongly recommends that you do not change the default
NETWORK_POLLING_INTERVAL value of 2 seconds.
See also “Reporting Link-Level and IP-Level Failures” (page 69).
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