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Failure Detection
Once a WAE has successfully joined a service group, a periodic keepalive packet is sent
every 10 seconds from the WAE to each router in the service group. The keepalive mechanism
occurs independently for each configured service group. If a router in the service group has
not received a keepalive packet from the WAE in 25 seconds, the router unicasts a Removal
Query message to that WAE requesting that it immediately respond. If no response is received
within 5 seconds, for a total of 30 seconds since the last keepalive message from the WAE,
the WAE is considered offline and is removed from the service group. Figure 4-10 illustrates
this behavior.
Figure 4-10 WCCP Keepalive Timeout
When the WAE is removed from the service group, it is reflected in the Router View
advertised from each router in the service group. When the lead WAE determines that a
WAE has been removed from the service group, it generates a Redirect Assignment message
to each router in the service group. The Redirect Assignment message instructs the routers
how to reallocate the buckets across the remaining WAEs in the service group. The length
of time required to calculate the new assignments might very depending upon when the
group of WAEs becomes stable. The WAE waits a minimum of 9 seconds. The maximum
length of time depends on when the IOS device sends an update message without any
changes indicated, typically between 19 and 39 seconds.
WAE fails to send keepalive
within 25 seconds.
Router queries WAE directly.
WAE fails to respond to RQ within 5 seconds.
WAE removed from service group.
25s
5s
WCCP Router WAE
ISU Response
Removal Query (RQ)
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