ping directive

Ping directives are given to declare PingNode[1]s to Heartbeat[2].

The syntax of the ping directive is simple:

ping ip-address ...

Each IP address listed in a ping directive is considered to be independent. That is, connectivity to each node is considered to be equally important.

In order to declare that a group of nodes are equally qualified for a particular function, and that the presence of any of them indicates successful communication, use the ping_group[3] directive.

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This information provided courtesy of the Linux-HA project at http://linux-ha.org/