NS3000/iX NMMGR Screens Reference Manual - Edition 9 (36922-90040)

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LAN Network Interface Configuration Screens
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