Modifying The Querier Aging And Election Timeout; Configuring The Querier Aging And Election Timeout; Restoring The Querier Aging And Election Timeout - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6624 Network Configuration Manual

Modifying IPMS Parameters

Modifying the Querier Aging and Election Timeout

The default IPMS querier aging and election timeout (i.e., the time for which a currently elected querier is
aged and a new multicast querier is elected) is 255 seconds. The following subsections describe how to
configure a user-specified querier aging and election timeout value and how to restore it with the
ip multicast other-querier-timeout

Configuring the Querier Aging and Election Timeout

You can modify the IPMS querier aging and election timeout from 0 to 4294967295 seconds by entering
ip multicast other-querier-timeout
election timeout to 120 seconds you would enter:
-> ip multicast other-querier-timeout 120

Restoring the Querier Aging and Election Timeout

To restore the querier aging and election timeout to its default (i.e., 255 seconds) value you use the no
form of the ip multicast other-querier-timeout
-> ip multicast no other-querier-timeout
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command.
followed by the new value. For example, to set the querier aging and
command by entering:
OmniSwitch 6624/6648 Network Configuration Guide
Configuring IP Multicast Switching
April 2004