BIG-IP Timeout with OAS 10g 10.1.2.0.2

Question

We have installed OAS 10g 10.1.2.0.2 in two servers which are Load-balanced using hardware load balancer BIG-IP configuration.
10g As installation is done along with Infrastructure + Middle-tier.
But after all configuration after we run the Oracle forms application and keep it idle for more than one hour, Database connection with the Application server is disconnected due to Global Idle Timeout value of 1 hr in BIG-IP configuration.
Is there any Timeout parameter in OAS 10g 10.1.2.0.2 which can override the Idle Timeout value of BIG-IP Configuration.
Appreciate your response at the earliest.
Thank you.

Answer 1

My first thought is that you suggest the app server to database connection is timing out - I'm assuming you're not using the load balancer to balance sqlnet connections so are we actually talking about a firewall in between and not the Big IP?
If it is the load balancer then, looking at this another way... on Cisco CSS 11500 series you can definitely set the timeout on the load balancer to a specific value (or to never timeout), so you can probably do the same on the Big IP.
Note: I wouldn't recommend setting the connections to never timeout as this can potentially waste memory on your load balancers which might look like a memory leak after, say, 6 months in a production environment without a reboot.
Hope this helps.