Heartbeat interval (HRTBTINTVL)

Specifies The time, in seconds, between heartbeat flows passed from the sending MCA when there are no messages on the transmission queue. The heartbeat exchange gives the receiving MCA the opportunity to quiesce the channel.

The possible values are:

*SYSDFTCHL

The value of this attribute is taken from the system default channel of the specified type.

heart-beat-interval

Specify a value in the range zero through 999 999 999. Note: For implementation reasons, the maximum heartbeat interval that can be used is 999 999; values exceeding this are treated as 999 999. A value of zero means that no heartbeat exchanges are to take place.