HP Cisco MDS 9120 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide - R - Page 720

FSPF Interface Configuration Chapter 32 Configuring Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols Send documentation comments to [email protected] Configuring Hello Time Intervals To configure the FSPF Hello time interval using Fabric Manager, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Expand Switches, expand Interfaces and then select FC Physical. You see the interface configuration in the Information pane. Click the FSPF tab. You see the FSPF interface configuration in the Information pane as shown in Figure 32-5. Change the Hello Interval field for a switch. Click Apply Changes to save these changes, or click Undo Changes to discard any unsaved changes. About Dead Time Intervals You can set the FSPF dead time interval to specify the maximum interval for which a hello message must be received before the neighbor is considered lost and removed from the database. The integer value can range from 1 to 65,535 seconds. Note This value must be the same in the ports at both ends of the ISL. Caution An error is reported at the command prompt if the configured dead time interval is less than the hello time interval. Configuring Dead Time Intervals To configure the FSPF dead time interval using Fabric Manager, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Expand Switches, expand Interfaces and then select FC Physical. You see the interface configuration in the Information pane. Click the FSPF tab. You see the FSPF interface configuration in the Information pane as shown in Figure 32-5. Double-click the Dead Interval field for a switch and provide a new value. Click Apply Changes to save these changes, or click Undo Changes to discard any unsaved changes. About Retransmitting Intervals You can specify the time after which an unacknowledged link state update should be transmitted on the interface. The integer value to specify retransmit intervals can range from 1 to 65,535 seconds. 32-8 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x