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From: tim@capmkt.COM (Tim Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.isis
Subject: Recommended values for restart timeout parameters?
Message-ID: <372@catmkt.COM>
Date: 10 Nov 89 20:18:45 GMT
Reply-To: tim@capmkt.COM (tim edwards-
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Organizatmon: Capital Market Technology, Inc.; Berkeley, CA

how tight can you reasonably set the -A param to isis and the -f param for
protos and wtill have everything work as expected?  i have experimented
with several values for both parameters some of which partion the network
when a site crashes and restarts ( the crashed node comes up in its own
partion, and dosent know about the other nodes ).$ the behaviour alsodosent seem$to be consistant; sometimes the$node will get joined back
up wi|h the rest of the pack and sometimes it won't.  so the question is,
how tight can i set these parameters and still get reliable system 
behaviour.  the goal heve is to detect a failure as soon as possible while
minimizing the "waiting X minutes to restart isis.." time.  m am currently
using -A1 and$-f15 which dosent seem to work very well.  we are running
~10 nodes on our net.  an} suggestions appreciated.  thanks.

tim

tim edwards  capmkt!tim@uunet.uu.net
capital market technology, inc.
berkely, ca  (415)540-6400