#### To configure the SIP Service Keep-Alive

1. In the Developer profile, expand the Configuration node to select the SIP Service node.
2. In the Clusters and Enterprise profile, select the required configuration and then select the SIP Service node.
3. Click the Keep Alive tab.
4. Define the Keep Alive settings as follows:

   - Thread Count: Enter the number of keep-alive threads to be used. The default is 1.

   - Max Connections: Enter the maximum number of persistent connections to be maintained. The default is 256.

   - Time Out: Enter the maximum number of seconds for which a keep-alive connection should be kept open. The default is 600 seconds.

5. Click Save to save the changes, or Load Defaults to return to the default settings.

###### See Also

- To configure the SIP Service Access Log

- To configure SIP Service Request Processing

- To configure the SIP Service Connection Pool

- To configure the SIP Protocol