Configure server timeouts

SA verifies connectivity with HP-UX virtual servers by pinging them. If a server is offline, the ping will time out, and the server will be considered offline. By default, the ping timeout value is 15 seconds. You can reduce the ping timeout and improve responsiveness on networks with low latency by setting the value of the custom attribute hpux_v12n_timeout.

You can configure the timeout value by setting a custom attribute named hpux_v12n_timeout. The default value is 15 seconds. You can set it to any integer from 1 to 120.

For each server, SA searches the following objects in order for the custom attribute:

1. Server
2. Device group
3. Customer
4. Realm
5. Facility
6. OS
7. Software policy

For example, if you add the hpux_v12n_timeout custom attribute to the device group named “HP-UX 11.31,” all HP-UX 11.31 servers inherit that timeout value unless the custom attribute is set explicitly at the server level.

To change the timeout value for all the servers that reside in a particular facility, add the custom attribute to that facility.

For more information on custom attributes, see the SA 10.51 Use section.