Step 1 | configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
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Enters global
configuration mode.
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Step 2 | feature sla sender
Example:
switch(config)# feature sla sender
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Enables the
IP SLAs operation feature.
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Step 3 | ip sla
operation-number
Example:
switch(config)# ip sla 6
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Begins
configuration for an IP SLAs operation and enters IP SLA configuration mode.
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Step 4 | icmp-echo {destination-ipv4-address
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destination-ipv6-address |
destination-hostname} [source-ip
{ipv4-address |
ipv6-address |
hostname} |
source-interface
interface-name]
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla)# icmp-echo 192.0.2.134 source-ip 192.0.2.132
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla)# icmp-echo 2016:1:1:1::2 source-ip 2016:1:1:1::2
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Defines an
Echo operation and enters IP SLA Echo configuration mode.
Note
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IPv6 is
available only from Cisco NX-OS Release 8.0 onwards.
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Step 5 | history buckets-kept
size
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# history buckets-kept 25
| (Optional)
Sets the
number of history buckets that are kept during the lifetime of an IP SLAs
operation.
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Step 6 | history distributions-of-statistics-kept
size
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# history distributions-of-statistics-kept 5
| (Optional)
Sets the
number of statistics distributions that are kept per hop during an IP SLAs
operation.
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Step 7 | history enhanced
[interval
seconds] [buckets
number-of-buckets
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# history enhanced interval 900 buckets 100
| (Optional)
Enables
enhanced history gathering for an IP SLAs operation.
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Step 8 | history filter {none |
all
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overThreshold |
failures}
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# history filter failures
| (Optional)
Defines the
type of information kept in the history table for an IP SLAs operation.
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Step 9 | frequency
seconds
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# frequency 30
| (Optional)
Sets the rate
at which a specified IP SLAs operation repeats.
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Step 10 | history hours-of-statistics-kept
hours
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# history hours-of-statistics-kept 4
| (Optional)
Sets the
number of hours for which statistics are maintained for an IP SLAs operation.
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Step 11 | history lives-kept
lives
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# history lives-kept 5
| (Optional)
Sets the
number of lives maintained in the history table for an IP SLAs operation.
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Step 12 | owner
owner-id
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# owner admin
| (Optional)
Configures
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) owner of an IP SLAs operation.
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Step 13 | request-data-size
bytes
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# request-data-size 64
| (Optional)
Sets the
protocol data size in the payload of an IP SLAs operation's request packet.
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Step 14 | history statistics-distribution-interval
milliseconds
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# history statistics-distribution-interval 10
| (Optional)
Sets the time
interval for each statistics distribution kept for an IP SLAs operation.
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Step 15 | tag
text
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# tag TelnetPollServer1
| (Optional)
Creates a
user-specified identifier for an IP SLAs operation.
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Step 16 | threshold
milliseconds
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# threshold 10000
| (Optional)
Sets the
upper threshold value for calculating network monitoring statistics created by
an IP SLAs operation.
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Step 17 | timeout
milliseconds
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# timeout 10000
| (Optional)
Sets the
amount of time an IP SLAs operation waits for a response from its request
packet.
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Step 18 | Depending on the IP version you are using, use one of the following commands:
-
tos
number
-
traffic-class
number
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# tos 160
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# traffic-class 160
| (Optional)
In an IPv4 network, defines the ToS byte in the IPv4 header of an IP SLA operation.
or
In an IPv6 network, defines the traffic class byte in the IPv6 header for a supported IP SLA operation.
Note
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IPv6 is available only from Cisco NX-OS Release 8.0 onwards.
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Step 19 | verify-data
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# verify-data
| (Optional)
Causes an IP
SLAs operation to check each reply packet for data corruption.
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Step 20 | vrf {vrf-name |
default |
management}
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# vrf vpn-A
| (Optional)
Allows
monitoring within Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Networks
(VPNs) using IP SLAs operations.
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Step 21 | end
Example:
switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# end
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Exits IP
SLA Echo configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.
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