Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Reliability and Performance
Timeout Options
Chapter 8242
Timeout Options
Timeout options control how long a task continues to retry low-level
communications for file transfers before giving up.
One control is the amount of time each single RPC call waits before
giving up. This timeout is set by the rpc_timeout option. Legal values
are 0 through 9. The default value is 5, which corresponds to about 30
seconds for the UDP protocol. Each value doubles the time of the
preceding value (i.e., a value of 4 is about 15 seconds).
Another control is the number of times a target agent attempts to
reconnect to the source agent after an rpc_timeout has detected a lost
connection source during an installation of a fileset. The number of retry
attempts is controlled by the retry_rpc option. The range of values is 0
through 9. A 0 value means no retry is attempted; if the connection is
lost, the command will fail. The default value is 1. For less stable
networks, a value of 5 is recommended.
NOTE When setting retry_rpc to a value greater than 0, the
reinstall_files option should also be set to false (the default value),
so the same files are not recopied when a fileset is retried.
The maximum possible amount of time spent waiting for the timeout is
affected by a combination of rpc_timeout, retry_rpc, and
retry_rpc_interval.
For troubleshooting information on Timeout options, refer to “Connection
Timeouts and Other WAN Problems” on page 472.