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8.5. Control heartbeat channels

Cluster Manager console allow you to control heartbeat channels of the connected cluster. Administrator can use this feature for maintenance and control heartbeat channel behavior. Highlight the desired channel and press enter, a pop up window will allow you to take various actions.

Figure 8-6. Controlling Heartbeat channels in runtime console

Controlling Heartbeat channels in runtime console

Reset Channel Statistics

Reset the channel data statistics. All value will set to and count from zero.

Disable

Will ignore the events from this heartbeat channel. A disabled channel will not cause a system to failover when it has failed to receive heartbeat messages. You may want to disable a heartbeat channel in case you want to disconnect cables for service or changing network configurations.

Enable

Reactivates a disabled heartbeat channel.