Enabling Heartbeat for Sx Interface

Use the following commands under Sx Service Configuration mode to enable Heartbeat parameters for N4/Sx interface.

configure 
   context context_name 
      sx-service service_name 
         [ default ] sx-protocol heartbeat { interval seconds | max-retransmissions number | path-failure detection-policy { control-recovery-timestamp-change | heartbeat-retry-failure | heartbeat-recovery-timestamp-change } | retransmission-timeout seconds } 
         no sx-protocol heartbeat { interval | path-failure detection-policy { control-recovery-timestamp-change | heartbeat-retry-failure | heartbeat-recovery-timestamp-change } 
         end 

Notes:

  • default : Sets/restores default value assigned for specified parameter.

  • no : Disables the followed option.

  • heartbeat : Configures N4/Sx Heartbeat parameters.

  • interval seconds : Configures Heartbeat interval (in seconds) for N4/Sx Service. seconds must be an integer in the range of 1 to 3600.

  • max-retransmissions number : Configures maximum retries for N4/Sx Heartbeat request. Must be followed by integer, ranging from 0 to 15. Default is 4.

  • retransmission-timeout seconds : Configures the Heartbeat retransmission timeout for N4/Sx service, in seconds, ranging from 1 to 20. Default is 5.

  • path-failure : Specifies the policy to be used when path failure happens through Heartbeat request timeout.