Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide

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Network agents
NIC agent
Table 3-2
NIC agent optional attributes (continued)
Optional Attributes
PingHostList
Description
A list of hosts that are always reachable from the NIC. If the
UseConnectionStatus attribute is set to 0, make sure the
attribute PingHostList is not empty.
Type and Dimension: string-vector
PingTimeoutMseconds
The timeout interval, in milliseconds, for a ping. Default is
1000 milliseconds.
Type and Dimension: integer-scalar
UseConnectionStatus
Defines whether the NIC maintains its connection status.
The value True indicates the NIC maintains its status. The
value False indicates it does not. If this attribute is set to
False, you must specify a value for the attribute
PingHostList. Default is True.
VCS provides a utility, "NICTest," which determines whether
a NIC maintains its connection status. You can use the
NICTest utility to determine whether or not this attribute
is required. See the description of the NICTest utility in the
Veritas Cluster Server Administrator's Guide for instructions.
Type and Dimension: boolean-scalar
Sample configuration
In the following example, the NIC agent is configured to monitor the adapter with
MAC address 00-B0-D0-31-7D-FA. The UseConnectionStatus attribute is set to
False. The agent sends a ping to the hosts listed in the PingHostList attribute to
determine the status of the NIC resource. If the percentage of erroneous packets
transmitted exceeds 30 percent for three consecutive monitoring intervals, the
NIC resource is marked FAULTED.
NIC NIC_RL20001 (
)
MACAddress = "00-B0-D0-31-7D-FA"
PingTimeOutMseconds = 500
MaxTxErrorPercentage = 30
MaxTxErrInterval = 3
UseConnectionStatus = False
PingHostList = { "172.16.1.19", "172.16.1.21" }