Handling Link Timeouts on Host Connections (60508)

SUMMARY

In the DCA/Microsoft Communications Server Configuration program, you cannot set "No response timers/retry" values when the local link role is set to Secondary. Please note that these values are not enabled (grayed) when you choose Parameters from the Connections option of the Services menu.

These timer values are only configurable when the local link role is Primary or Negotiable, which is only possible when you are communicating with a peer node. The configuration program was designed this way to make it easier to configure the product when the Communications Server link role is Secondary. In this case, Communications Server handles host poll timeouts in the following manner:

1. If Communications Server has not been polled by the primary end (host or primary partner peer node) in the last minute, a pop-up warning message is generated to inform the user.
2. If Communications Server still has not been polled by the primary end in the past three minutes, the link is dropped.