HP WebQoS Peak for HP-UX Concepts and Operation Guide

Chapter 6 67

Conﬁguring HP LocalDirector Controller

Set the following parameters to conﬁgure the HP LDControl daemon:

Click on “OK” to save your changes. The values are saved in the ﬁle

/etc/opt/hpldc/conf/ldc.conf.

Table 6-2 HP LDControl Daemon Conﬁgurable Parameters

Parameter Description

LocalDirector Hostname The hostname of the system on which Cisco

LocalDirector is running.

Dynamic Weight Starts/Stops the HP LDControl daemon. When

activated, the daemon will monitor the system and

adjust the weights, if necessary. When deactivated,

the HP LDControl daemon sends the initial weights

to Cisco LocalDirector and exits.

CPU Threshold The highest percentage the CPU usage should reach

before the weight of the server is automatically

decreased. Note that the run queue threshold

(average load) must also be reached before the

weights are adjusted.

Default: 80

Range: 50 - 100% (integer only)

Run Queue Threshold The highest amount the average load should reach

before the weight of the server is automatically

decreased. Note that the CPU usage threshold must

also be reached before the weights are adjusted.

Default: 2

Range: 1.0 - 10.0 (real number)

Time Interval How often, in seconds, the thresholds are checked

and adjustments are made, if needed, to the weights.

Default: 5 seconds

Range: 5 - 300 seconds (integer only)