Cisco Cisco Packet Data Interworking Function (PDIF)
Diameter Endpoint Configuration Mode Commands
▀ watchdog-timeout
▄ Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 17
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watchdog-timeout
This command configures the Watchdog Timeout parameter.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration > Context Configuration > Diameter Endpoint Configuration
configure > context context_name > diameter endpoint endpoint_name
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[context_name]host_name(config-ctx-diameter)#
Syntax
watchdog-timeout timeout
{ default | no } watchdog-timeout
no
Disables the watchdog timeout configuration.
default
Configures this command with the default setting.
Default: 30 seconds
Default: 30 seconds
timeout
Specifies the timeout duration (in seconds) as an integer from 6 through 30.
Usage
Use this command to configure the Watchdog Timeout parameter for the Diameter endpoint. If this timer
expires before getting a response from the destination, other route to the same destination is tried, as long as
the retry count setting has not exceeded (see the
expires before getting a response from the destination, other route to the same destination is tried, as long as
the retry count setting has not exceeded (see the
response timer has not expired (see the
If the watchdog timer expires, the gateway sends the heartbeat message to Diameter endpoint. The timer is
allowed to have the value up to a maximum of +2 or -2 seconds from the configured value.
allowed to have the value up to a maximum of +2 or -2 seconds from the configured value.
Example
The following command sets the watchdog timeout setting to
15
seconds:
watchdog-timeout 15