This read-create value, ranging 0-255 and defaulting to 3, specifies the default number of retries attempted when no response is received for a message sent to this target, though the description notes an application may override it with its own retry count. Admins raise this for targets on unreliable links to improve delivery odds of notifications, or lower it to fail faster. Setting it to 5 would have the agent retry an unanswered inform up to five times before giving up.