This read-write object sets the maximum number of retries (N394) for Status Enquiry on this link, defaulting to 3. It determines how many consecutive polling failures (governed by ascLmiTimerT394) are tolerated before the device declares the LMI exchange failed and takes further action. An admin on a noisy or congested link who sees frequent, transient LMI flaps would increase this retry count to require more consecutive failures before declaring the link's LMI down, reducing false alarms at the cost of slightly slower real-failure detection.