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What is the default Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) timeout used by SWIM? Can I configure it?

April 26, 2017configure Default Management Network Protocol simple SNMP swim timeout Used

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What is the default Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) timeout used by SWIM? Can I configure it?

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A. SWIM makes three attempts to connect to the device using SNMP. The first retry timeout interval of 10 seconds is not configurable. Subsequent retry timeout intervals are configurable and are based upon the value in the slow timeout variable in Resource Manager Essentials > Administration > System Configuration. If the initial attempt to connect to the device fails, SWIM waits three minutes before it attempts to connect again. The three-minute wait enables routing protocol or spanning tree convergence to occur, which could have been initiated because another device was rebooted during the software upgrade. The number of retries is not configurable. The underlying SNMP stack also tries three times to connect to the device. All the secondary addresses configured in DNS for the device are tried during each attempt.