The ForwarderEndpoint External Setting serves two purposes:

  • Provides a means of testing the Forwarder endpoint instrumentation and analysis functionality of MPLS Manager.

  • Provides a means for MPLS Manager to import Forwarder endpoint status updates from an VMware Smart Assurance adapter, such as the VMware Smart Assurance Adapter for Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS.

    ForwarderEndpoint External Setting parameters and their values lists the ForwarderEndpoint External Setting parameters.

Table 1. ForwarderEndpoint External Setting parameters and their values

Parameter

Values

Description

AnalysisMode

ENABLED,DISABLED

Default: ENABLED

Enables or disables the availability analysis of the Forwarder endpoint (ForwarderEndpoint) data collected from an external source.

PollingInterval

30 to 3600 seconds

Default: 240 seconds

Sets the time between successive polls.

Retries

0 to 10 retries

Default: 3

Sets the number of retry polls to perform when the initial poll fails.

Timeout

10 to 10000 milliseconds

Default: 700 milliseconds

Sets the amount of time to wait for the poll response before the first poll request times out. The timeout value doubles for each successive retry.

For Timeout=700 msec (0.7 sec) and Retries=3:

  • 0.7 seconds for first retry

  • 1.4 seconds for second retry

  • 2.8 seconds for third retry