4.0 Increasing the Kernel ARP Threshold Value on the Orchestrate Server

Testing has shown that PlateSpin Orchestrate grids that have more than 1210 VMs (each with an installed Orchestrate Agent) and 124 Resource objects, the Orchestrate Server (installed on SLES 10 SP3) in the grid loses connection to the Audit Database Server or other devices installed on other machines. The failure is manifest following the ping command when the following error is displayed:

connect : No buffer space is available

To correct this problem, it is necessary to increase the kernel ARP threshold on the Orchestrate Server (SLES 10 SP3). This section contains the following information to help you perform this increase: