Test Timeouts

If a standard test does not return a result within a certain timeout interval, test status is FAILED. There are three types of timeouts:

Fixed - The timeout value is always the same (for example, 10 seconds).
Dynamic - The timeout value changes depending on some user-configured value (for example, threshold + 5 seconds).
Static - The value is specified in a configuration file and does not frequently change.

Monitor Type	Timeout Type	Timeout Interval	Comments
ICMP ping	fixed	10 seconds
SNMP	fixed	11 seconds	Traverse retries 3 times within this period
TCP-based (HTTP, SMTP, POP3, etc.)	dynamic	Largest configured threshold (End-user, Admin, or SLA) + 5 seconds
UDP-based (DNS, RADIUS, NTP, etc.)	dynamic	Largest configured threshold (End-user, Admin, or SLA) + 3 seconds. (If all thresholds are 0, timeout is 5 seconds.)
Script-based plugin monitors	fixed	60 seconds
Script-based plugin actions	static	Value specified in configuration file, or 60 seconds if none specified	Applicable when waitForTerminate property is enabled in the configuration file