@Test
  public void testClientReceivesPingIntervalSetting() {
    VM clientVM = Host.getHost(0).getVM(clientVmConfiguration, 0);

    final int port = initServerCache(true);
    final String host = NetworkUtils.getServerHostName();

    clientVM.invoke("create client cache and verify", () -> {
      createClientCacheAndVerifyPingIntervalIsSet(host, port);
    });
  }
When a client's subscription thread connects to a server it should receive the server's
pingInterval setting. This is used by the client to set a read-timeout in order to avoid
hanging should the server's machine crash.
geode-dunit/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/tier/sockets/ClientServerMiscDUnitTestBase.java