Expand Configuration and Management Manual (G06.24+)

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Application Message Size
For more information about configuring the variable packet-size feature, refer to
Variable Packet Size Feature on page 18-68.
Application Message Size
Application message size is the number of data bytes sent to an Expand line-handler
process by a higher-level process. The application message size has a major effect on
Expand line-handler process processor overhead and Expand subsystem overhead,
which can affect throughput. By increasing the application message size, you can
greatly increase potential throughput and decrease processor use.
Application Message Size and Data Flow
Figure 20-2 shows the flow of data from an application on one node to an application
on another node through an Expand-over-IP line-handler process. Application A, in its
request to the message system, defines the application message size.
Note. If you use the Expand subsystem SCF ALTER LINE command to set the L2TIMEOUT
modifier, you must convert the result of this formula to a time interval. For example, if the result
is 300 (3 seconds), you will enter the following command:
ALTER LINE $device_name, L2TIMEOUT 3.00
Figure 20-2. Application Data Flow for Expand-Over-IP
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System \A
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B
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