Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide

Network agents
NIC agent
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Resource type definition
type NIC (
static i18nstr ArgList[] = {MACAddress, PingTimeoutMseconds,
MaxTxErrorPercentage, MaxTxErrInterval, UseConnectionStatus,
PingHostList }
str MACAddress
int PingTimeoutMseconds = 1000
int MaxTxErrorPercentage = 50
int MaxTxErrInterval = 10
boolean UseConnectionStatus = True
str PingHostList[]
)
Attribute definitions
Table 3-1
NIC agent required attributes
Required Attribute
MACAddress
Description
The physical address of the NIC to be monitored. Note than this attribute is always
local, that is, it is different for each system.
Note: You can use the ipconfig -all command to retrieve the physical address
of a NIC.
Type and Dimension: string-scalar
Table 3-2
NIC agent optional attributes
Optional Attributes
MaxTxErrInterval
Description
The number of consecutive monitor intervals for which the
percentage of erroneous packets should not exceed the value
specified in MaxTxErrorPercentage. When this occurs, the
NIC is declared FAULTED. Default is 10.
Type and Dimension: integer-scalar
MaxTxErrorPercentage
The threshold error percentage for the total packets sent
between two consecutive monitor intervals. Default is 50.
Type and Dimension: integer-scalar