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Mia_27938
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Oct 21, 2014

The question about TCP monitor on the GTM

Hi All,   The default value in the TCP monitor on the GTM is,   Interval : 30 sec Timeout : 120 sec I know that the Timeout value should be three times the Interval value. But the Interval...
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gsharri
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Oct 21, 2014

The timers in GTM monitors do not mean the same thing as they do in LTM monitors (if you are familiar with those). See this SOL8170.

 

There is no fixed requirement for the timeout-interval relationship. Some are 2-to-1 some are 3-to-1 and some are 4-to-1 for the default GTM monitors.