Specifying control timer settings for an array

Control Timer Settings for an array are a set of tunable parameters that affect the testing of a path's status or health.

To specify control timer settings for an array

  1. To launch the Array Settings wizard, open the DMP DSMs folder in the tree view.
  2. Right-click the array that you are interested in and the array context menu appears.
  3. Select Array Settings from the path context menu.
  4. The Array Settings welcome screen appears. Click Next to continue.
  5. The Select Array Settings parameters screen appears.

    Edit the values for the parameters.

    Click Next to continue.

    The Control Timer Settings parameters are as follows:

    Test Path Retry Count

    The number of times DMP DSMs test a path to determine if it has recovered from an error condition. The default value is 0. The maximum value is 50.

    SCSI Command Timeout

    The amount of time a SCSI command waits for a device to respond to it. The default value is 30 seconds. The maximum value is 120 seconds.

    Kernel Sleep Time

    The interval of time the DMP DSMs kernel waits between attempts to recover a path from an error condition. The default value is 200 milliseconds. The maximum value is 10000 milliseconds.

    Failover Retry Count

    The number of times DMP DSMs attempt a failover to another path when the current path fails. The default value is 0. The maximum value is 50.

  6. The Array Settings summary screen appears displaying the settings for the array. Review the settings and click Finish to apply the settings and exit the wizard.

    For some load balance policies, such as round robin with Subset, additional specifications are required. The Array Settings wizard displays a screen before the summary screen to collect these specifications. Click Next after setting these specifications to continue to the summary screen.