SCTP Administrator's Guide

Example 2-2 Command to Set the Value of an SCTP Parameter
To set the value of an SCTP parameter, enter the following command:
ndd –set /dev/sctp sctp_rto_max 65001
When you run this command, the value of sctp_rto_max is set to 65001. To verify whether
the value of sctp_rto_max is set to 65001, enter the following command:
ndd –get /dev/sctp sctp_rto_max
The value of sctp_rto_max is displayed as 65001
WARNING! Setting a tunable parameter to an inappropriate value can adversely
affect the networking operations.
Displaying the SCTP Parameter Information
The ndd command provides the -h option to display the parameter information.
To display a list of all supported parameters for SCTP, enter the following command:
ndd -h |grep sctp
The -h option also displays the minimum, maximum, and default values for the
specified parameter.
To display information about a specific parameter (that is, sctp_rto_max), enter the
following command:
ndd -h sctp_rto_max
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