Configure The Number Of Connect Sequence Attempts - HP ProCurve Secure Router 7203 dl Advanced Management And Configuration Manual

Configuring Backup WAN Connections
Configuring Demand Routing for Backup Connections
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Configure the Number of Connect Sequence Attempts

You can limit the number of times that the ProCurve Secure Router processes
the connect sequences that are configured for a demand resource if it is unable
to establish a connection. The router will process the connect sequences in
the order you specify (with the connect-order command). If the router
processes all of the connect sequences and is unable to establish a connection,
the router has made one connect sequence attempt. (Note that in one attempt,
the router can retry a particular connect sequence as many times as specified
for that connect sequence's busyout-threshold setting.) The router then
repeats the process until it reaches the number that you specified in the
connect-sequence attempts command.
From the demand interface configuration mode context, enter:
Syntax: connect-sequence attempts <value>
Replace <value> with the number of times the ProCurve Secure Router will
cycle through the connect sequences specified for a demand interface. You
can specify a number between 0 and 65535. The default setting is 1.
Specifying 0 places no limit on the number of attempts.
Configure the connect-sequence interface-recovery Option
When the ProCurve Secure Router tries to establish a connection, one of the
following conditions will result:
A Dial-Up Interface Is Available, and the Call Is Connected. If the
ProCurve Secure Router successfully establishes a physical connection
(Layer 1), it will begin to negotiate a PPP session with the far-end router.
No Dial-Up Interfaces Are Available. Backup interfaces on the ProCurve
Secure Router are not directly bound to a specific primary connection. You
could use a dial-up interface to provide backup for multiple connections. If
no dial-up interface in the associated resource pool is available for use when
the demand interface determines that it must initiate a backup connection,
the ProCurve Secure Router places all interfaces in the resource pool in fast-
idle mode. This mode decreases the amount of time an interface can remain
idle before the router disconnects the ISDN connection. The router then
monitors the dial-up interfaces until one becomes available. When an interface
becomes available, the ProCurve Secure Router uses that interface to dial a
connect sequence. At the same time, the router cancels the fast-idle mode for
the resource pool. (For more information about fast-idle mode, see "Config-
uring the fast-idle Option" on page 3-35.)