Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 757

Heartbeat
Tolerance
Master Watchdog
Slave Watchdog
Max Retransmits
Using NetWare Remote Manager
On the left column under the Clustering section, click Cluster Config.
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Select the Cluster object name.
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Click Protocol.
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Heartbeat specifies the amount of time between transmits for all nodes in the
cluster except the master. For example, if you set this value to 1, nonmaster
nodes in the cluster send a signal that they are alive to the master node every
second.
Tolerance specifies the amount of time the master node gives all other nodes
in the cluster to signal that they are alive. For example, setting this value to 4
means that if the master node does not receive an "I'm alive" signal from a
node in the cluster within four seconds, that node is removed from the cluster.
Master Watchdog specifies the amount of time between transmits for the
master node in the cluster. For example, if you set this value to 1, the master
node in the cluster transmits an "I'm alive" signal to all the other nodes in the
cluster every second.
Slave Watchdog specifies the amount of time the master node has to signal that
it is alive. For example, setting this value to 5 means that if the nonmaster
nodes in the cluster do not receive an "I'm alive" signal from the master within
five seconds, the master node is removed from the cluster and one of the other
nodes becomes the master node.
This option is not currently used with Novell Cluster Services but will be used
for future versions.
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