Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

Chapter 3 Managing the network access devices 113

Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 User Guide

 

Enter the health check information in the applicable fields. 

 describes 

the Health Check fields.

Click Apply on the toolbar to send the current changes to the Nortel 
SNAS 4050. Click Commit on the toolbar to save the changes permanently.

To view a list of clients that are connected to a particular switch, select the Secure 
Access Domain > domain > Switches > switch > Connected Clients tab.

Table 10   Health Check 

fields

Interval

Sets the time interval between checks for switch activity.

Accepts an integer that indicates the time interval in 
seconds (s), minutes (m), or hours (h). The valid range is 
60s (1m) to 64800s (18h). The default is 1m (1 minute).

Dead Count

Specifies the number of times the Nortel SNAS 4050 will 
repeat the check for switch activity when no heartbeat is 
detected.

Accepts an integer in the range 1–65535 that indicates the 
number of retries. The default is 3.

If no heartbeat is detected after the specified number of 
retries, the Nortel SNAS 4050 enters status-quo mode. 

Status Quo Interval

Sets the time interval for status-quo mode, after which the 
network access device moves all clients into the Red 
VLAN.

Accepts an integer that indicates the time interval in 
seconds (s), minutes (m), or hours (h). The valid range is 0 
to 64800s (18h). The default is 1m (1 minute).