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IP SLAs for Metro-Ethernet

Contents

Prerequisites for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Restrictions for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Information About the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Benefits of the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Ethernet CFM

IP SLAs Ethernet Operation Basics

How to Configure the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Configuring an IP SLAs Ethernet Operation with Endpoint Discovery

Troubleshooting Tips

What to Do Next

Manually Configuring an Individual IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Troubleshooting Tips

What to Do Next

Configuration Examples for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Configuring an IP SLAs Ethernet Operation with Endpoint Discovery: Example

Manually Configuring an Individual IP SLAs Ethernet Operation: Example

Where to Go Next

Additional References

Related Documents

Standards

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance

Command Reference

cos

debug ip sla ethernet-monitor

ethernet echo mpid

ethernet jitter mpid

ip sla ethernet-monitor

ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration

ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule

request-data-size (Ethernet)

show ip sla ethernet-monitor configuration

type echo domain

type jitter domain

Feature Information for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation


IP SLAs for Metro-Ethernet


First Published: February 27, 2007
Last Updated: February 27, 2007

The IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for Metro-Ethernet feature provides the capability to gather Ethernet layer network performance metrics. This feature integrates Cisco IOS IP SLAs with the Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) feature. Ethernet CFM is an end-to-end per-service-instance Ethernet layer operation, administration, and management (OAM) protocol. Available statistical measurements for the IP SLAs Ethernet operation include round-trip time, jitter (interpacket delay variance), and packet loss.

The IP SLAs for Metro-Ethernet feature also allows you to perform multioperation scheduling of IP SLAs operations and supports proactive threshold violation monitoring through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap notifications and syslog messages.

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Contents

Prerequisites for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Restrictions for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Information About the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

How to Configure the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Configuration Examples for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Where to Go Next

Additional References

Command Reference

Feature Information for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Prerequisites for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

It is recommended that the IEEE 802.1ag standard is supported on the destination devices in order to obtain complete error reporting and diagnostics information.


Note The destination devices do not require the IP SLAs Responder to be enabled.


Restrictions for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Memory and performance may be impacted for a given Ethernet CFM maintenance domain and VLAN that has a large number of maintenance endpoints (MEPs).

Information About the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

To configure an IP SLAs Ethernet operation, you should understand the following concepts:

Benefits of the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Ethernet CFM

IP SLAs Ethernet Operation Basics

Benefits of the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

End-to-end connectivity measurements for determining network availability or testing network connectivity in service provider Ethernet networks

Proactive threshold violation monitoring through SNMP trap notifications and syslog messages

Reduced network troubleshooting time for service provider Ethernet networks

Creation of IP SLAs Ethernet ping and Ethernet jitter operations based on network topology

Discovery of existing maintenance endpoints (MEPs) in a given Ethernet CFM maintenance domain and VLAN based on the Ethernet CFM database

Multioperation scheduling of IP SLAs operations

Ethernet CFM

Ethernet CFM is an end-to-end per-service-instance Ethernet layer operation, administration, and management (OAM) protocol. For more information about this feature, see the documentation for the Ethernet CFM feature. (See the "Related Documents" section for the location of this document.)

IP SLAs Ethernet Operation Basics

The IP SLAs for Metro-Ethernet feature integrates the IP SLAs software subsystem with the Ethernet CFM software subsystem to provide the capability to gather Ethernet layer statistical measurements by sending and receiving Ethernet data frames between Ethernet CFM maintenance endpoints (MEPs). The performance metrics for IP SLAs Ethernet operations are measured between a source MEP and a destination MEP. Unlike existing IP SLAs operations that provide performance metrics for the IP layer, the IP SLAs Ethernet operation provides performance metrics for Layer 2.

IP SLAs Ethernet operations may be configured using CLI or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). You can manually configure individual Ethernet ping or Ethernet jitter operations by specifying the destination MEP identification number, name of the maintenance domain, and VLAN identification number. You also have the option to configure an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation that will query the Ethernet CFM database for all maintenance endpoints in a given maintenance domain and VLAN and automatically create individual Ethernet ping or Ethernet jitter operations based on the MEPs that were discovered. A notification mechanism exists between the IP SLAs and Ethernet CFM subsystems to facilitate the automatic creation of Ethernet ping or Ethernet jitter operations for applicable MEPs that are added to a given maintenance domain and VLAN while an auto Ethernet operation is running.

The IP SLAs for Metro-Ethernet feature also allows you to perform multioperation scheduling of IP SLAs operations and supports proactive threshold violation monitoring through SNMP trap notifications and syslog messages. For more information on these topics, see the "Related Documents" section.

Statistics Measured by the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

The network performance metrics supported by the IP SLAs Ethernet operation is similar to the metrics supported by existing IP SLAs operations. The statistical measurements supported by the IP SLAs Ethernet jitter operation include the following:

Jitter (source-to-destination and destination-to-source)

Round-trip time latency

Unprocessed packets

Packet loss (source-to-destination and destination-to-source)

Out-of-sequence, tail-dropped, and late packets

How to Configure the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

This section contains the following tasks:

Configuring an IP SLAs Ethernet Operation with Endpoint Discovery

Manually Configuring an Individual IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Configuring an IP SLAs Ethernet Operation with Endpoint Discovery

Perform this task to configure and schedule an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. ip sla ethernet-monitor operation-number

4. type echo domain domain-name vlan vlan-id [exclude-mpids mp-ids]
or
type jitter domain domain-name vlan vlan-id [exclude-mpids mp-ids] [interval interframe-interval] [num-frames frames-number]

5. cos cos-value

6. owner owner-id

7. request-data-size bytes

8. tag text

9. threshold milliseconds

10. timeout milliseconds

11. exit

12. ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration operation-number react monitored-element [action-type {none | trapOnly}] [threshold-type {average [number-of-measurements] | consecutive [occurrences] | immediate | never | xofy [x-value y-value]}] [threshold-value upper-threshold lower-threshold]

13. ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule operation-number schedule-period seconds [frequency [seconds]] [start-time {after hh:mm:ss | hh:mm[:ss] [month day | day month] | now | pending}]

14. exit

15. show ip sla ethernet-monitor configuration [operation-number]

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1 

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2 

configure terminal

Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3 

ip sla ethernet-monitor operation-number

Example:

Router(config)# ip sla ethernet-monitor 1

Begins configuration for an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation and enters IP SLA Ethernet monitor configuration mode.

Step 4 

type echo domain domain-name vlan vlan-id [exclude-mpids mp-ids]

or

type jitter domain domain-name vlan vlan-id [exclude-mpids mp-ids] [interval interframe-interval] [num-frames frames-number]

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-monitor)# type echo domain testdomain vlan 34

or

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-monitor)# type jitter domain testdomain vlan 34 interval 20 num-frames 30

Configures an auto Ethernet operation to create Ethernet ping operations.

or

Configures an auto Ethernet operation to create Ethernet jitter operations.

Step 5 

cos cos-value

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-params)# cos 2

(Optional) Sets the class of service for an IP SLAs Ethernet operation.

Step 6 

owner owner-id

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-params)# owner admin

(Optional) Configures the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) owner of an IP SLAs operation.

Step 7 

request-data-size bytes

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-params)# request-data-size 64

(Optional) Sets the padding size for the data frame of an IP SLAs Ethernet operation.

The default value for IP SLAs Ethernet ping operations is 66 bytes. The default value for IP SLAs Ethernet jitter operations is 51 bytes.

Step 8 

tag text

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-params)# tag TelnetPollSever1

(Optional) Creates a user-specified identifier for an IP SLAs operation.

Step 9 

threshold milliseconds

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-params)# threshold 10000

(Optional) Sets the upper threshold value for calculating network monitoring statistics created by an IP SLAs operation.

Step 10 

timeout milliseconds

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-params)# timeout 10000

(Optional) Sets the amount of time an IP SLAs operation waits for a response from its request packet.

Step 11 

exit

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-params)# exit

Exits IP SLAs auto Ethernet parameters configuration submode and returns to global configuration mode.

Step 12 

ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration operation-number react monitored-element [action-type {none | trapOnly}] [threshold-type {average [number-of-measurements] | consecutive [occurrences] | immediate | never | xofy [x-value y-value]}] [threshold-value upper-threshold lower-threshold]

Example:

Router(config)# ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration 10 react connectionLoss threshold-type consecutive 3 action-type trapOnly

Configures proactive threshold monitoring parameters for an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation.

Step 13 

ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule operation-number schedule-period seconds [frequency [seconds]] [start-time {after hh:mm:ss | hh:mm[:ss] [month day | day month] | now | pending}]

Example:

Router(config)# ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule 10 schedule-period 60 start-time now

Configures scheduling parameters for an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation.

Step 14 

exit

Example:

Router(config)# exit

(Optional) Exits global configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 15 

show ip sla ethernet-monitor configuration [operation-number]

Example:

Router# show ip sla ethernet-monitor configuration 1

(Optional) Displays configuration settings for all IP SLAs auto Ethernet operations or a specified auto Ethernet operation.

Troubleshooting Tips

Use the debug ip sla trace and debug ip sla error commands to help troubleshoot issues with an individual IP SLAs Ethernet ping or Ethernet jitter operation. Use the debug ip sla ethernet-monitor command to help troubleshoot issues with an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation.

What to Do Next

To display the results of an IP SLAs operation, use the show ip sla statistics and show ip sla statistics aggregated commands. Checking the output for fields that correspond to criteria in your service level agreement will help you determine whether the service metrics are acceptable.

Manually Configuring an Individual IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

Perform this task to manually configure and schedule an individual IP SLAs Ethernet ping or Ethernet jitter operation.

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. ip sla operation-number

4. ethernet echo mpid mp-id domain domain-name vlan vlan-id
or
ethernet jitter mpid mp-id domain domain-name vlan vlan-id [interval interframe-interval] [num-frames frames-number]

5. cos cos-value

6. frequency seconds

7. history history-parameter

8. owner owner-id

9. request-data-size bytes

10. tag text

11. threshold milliseconds

12. timeout milliseconds

13. exit

14. ip sla reaction-configuration operation-number react monitored-element [action-type option] [threshold-type {average [number-of-measurements] | consecutive [occurrences] | immediate | never | xofy [x-value y-value]}] [threshold-value upper-threshold lower-threshold]

15. ip sla schedule operation-number [life {forever | seconds}] [start-time {hh:mm[:ss] [month day | day month] | pending | now | after hh:mm:ss] [ageout seconds] [recurring]

16. exit

17. show ip sla configuration [operation-number]

DETAILED STEPS

 
Command or Action
Purpose

Step 1 

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2 

configure terminal

Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3 

ip sla operation-number

Example:

Router(config)# ip sla 1

Begins configuration for an IP SLAs operation and enters IP SLA configuration mode.

Step 4 

ethernet echo mpid mp-id domain domain-name vlan vlan-id

or

ethernet jitter mpid mp-id domain domain-name vlan vlan-id [interval interframe-interval] [num-frames frames-number]

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla)# ethernet echo mpid 23 domain testdomain vlan 34

or

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla)# ethernet jitter mpid 23 domain testdomain vlan 34 interval 20 num-frames 30

Configures the IP SLAs operation as an Ethernet ping operation and enters Ethernet echo configuration mode.

or

Configures the IP SLAs operation as an Ethernet jitter operation and enters Ethernet jitter configuration mode.

Step 5 

cos cos-value

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)# cos 2

(Optional) Sets the class of service for an IP SLAs Ethernet operation.

Step 6 

frequency seconds

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)# frequency 30

(Optional) Sets the rate at which a specified IP SLAs operation repeats.

Step 7 

history history-parameter

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)# history hours-of-statistics-kept 3

(Optional) Specifies the parameters used for gathering statistical history information for an IP SLAs operation.

Step 8 

owner owner-id

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)# owner admin

(Optional) Configures the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) owner of an IP SLAs operation.

Step 9 

request-data-size bytes

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)# request-data-size 64

(Optional) Sets the padding size for the data frame of an IP SLAs Ethernet operation.

The default value for IP SLAs Ethernet ping operations is 66 bytes. The default value for IP SLAs Ethernet jitter operations is 51 bytes.

Step 10 

tag text

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)# tag TelnetPollSever1

(Optional) Creates a user-specified identifier for an IP SLAs operation.

Step 11 

threshold milliseconds

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)# threshold 10000

(Optional) Sets the upper threshold value for calculating network monitoring statistics created by an IP SLAs operation.

Step 12 

timeout milliseconds

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)# timeout 10000

(Optional) Sets the amount of time an IP SLAs operation waits for a response from its request packet.

Step 13 

exit

Example:

Router(config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)# exit

Exits IP SLAs Ethernet monitor configuration submode and returns to global configuration mode.

Step 14 

ip sla reaction-configuration operation-number react monitored-element [action-type option] [threshold-type {average [number-of-measurements] | consecutive [occurrences] | immediate | never | xofy [x-value y-value]}] [threshold-value upper-threshold lower-threshold]

Example:

Router(config)# ip sla reaction-configuration 1 react jitterAvg threshold-value 5 2 action-type trap threshold-type immediate

Configures proactive threshold monitoring parameters for an IP SLAs operation.

Step 15 

ip sla schedule operation-number [life {forever | seconds}] [start-time {hh:mm[:ss] [month day | day month] | pending | now | after hh:mm:ss] [ageout seconds] [recurring]

Example:

Router(config)# ip sla schedule 1 start-time now life forever

Configures the scheduling parameters for an individual IP SLAs operation.

Step 16 

exit

Example:

Router(config)# exit

(Optional) Exits global configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 17 

show ip sla configuration [operation-number]

Example:

Router# show ip sla configuration 1

(Optional) Displays configuration values including all defaults for all IP SLAs operations or a specified operation.

Troubleshooting Tips

Use the debug ip sla trace and debug ip sla error commands to help troubleshoot issues with an individual IP SLAs Ethernet ping or Ethernet jitter operation.

What to Do Next

To display the results of an IP SLAs operation use the show ip sla statistics and show ip sla statistics aggregated commands. Checking the output for fields that correspond to criteria in your service level agreement will help you determine whether the service metrics are acceptable.

Configuration Examples for the IP SLAs Ethernet Operation

This section provides the following configuration examples:

Configuring an IP SLAs Ethernet Operation with Endpoint Discovery: Example

Manually Configuring an Individual IP SLAs Ethernet Operation: Example

Configuring an IP SLAs Ethernet Operation with Endpoint Discovery: Example

The following example shows how to configure operation parameters, proactive threshold monitoring, and scheduling options using an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation. In this example, operation 10 is configured to automatically create IP SLAs Ethernet ping operations for all the discovered maintenance endpoints in the domain named testdomain and VLAN identification number 34. As specified by the proactive threshold monitoring configuration, when three consecutive connection loss events occur, an SNMP trap notification should be sent. The schedule period for operation 10 is 60 seconds, and the operation is scheduled to start immediately.

ip sla ethernet-monitor 10
 type echo domain testdomain vlan 34
!
ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration 10 react connectionLoss threshold-type 
consecutive 3 action-type trapOnly
!

ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule 10 schedule-period 60 start-time now

Manually Configuring an Individual IP SLAs Ethernet Operation: Example

The following example shows how to configure an IP SLAs Ethernet ping operation. In this example, the maintenance endpoint identification number is 23, the maintenance domain name is testdomain, and the VLAN identification number is 34. As specified by the proactive threshold monitoring configuration, when three consecutive connection loss events occur, an SNMP trap notification should be sent. Operation 1 is scheduled to start immediately.

ip sla 1
 ethernet echo mpid 23 domain testdomain vlan 34
!
ip sla reaction-configuration 1 react connectionLoss threshold-type consecutive 3 
action-type trapOnly
!

ip sla schedule 1 start-time now

Where to Go Next

If you want to configure other types of IP SLAs operations, see the Cisco IOS IP SLAs Configuration Guide, Release 12.4T.

Additional References

The following sections provide references related to the IP SLAs for Metro-Ethernet feature.

Related Documents

Related Topic
Document Title

Ethernet CFM

Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management feature module, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRB

Multioperation scheduling for Cisco IOS IP SLAs

"IP SLAs—Multiple Operation Scheduling" chapter of the Cisco IOS IP SLAs Configuration Guide, Release 12.4T

Proactive threshold monitoring for Cisco IOS IP SLAs

"IP SLAs—Proactive Threshold Monitoring" chapter of the Cisco IOS IP SLAs Configuration Guide, Release 12.4T

Cisco IOS IP SLAs command line interface enhancements

Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements Command Line Interface, Cisco white paper

Cisco IOS IP SLAs configuration tasks

Cisco IOS IP SLAs Configuration Guide, Release 12.4T

Cisco IOS IP SLAs commands

Cisco IOS IP SLAs Command Reference, Release 12.2SR


Standards

Standard
Title

IEEE 802.1ag

Connectivity Fault Management


MIBs

MIB
MIBs Link

CISCO-RTTMON-MIB

CISCO-IPSLA-ETHERNET-MIB

To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs


RFCs

RFC
Title

No new or modified RFCs are supported by this feature, and support for existing RFCs has not been modified by this feature.


Technical Assistance

Description
Link

The Cisco Support website provides extensive online resources, including documentation and tools for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with Cisco products and technologies. Access to most tools on the Cisco Support website requires a Cisco.com user ID and password. If you have a valid service contract but do not have a user ID or password, you can register on Cisco.com.

http://www.cisco.com/techsupport


Command Reference

This section documents new commands only.

cos

debug ip sla ethernet-monitor

ethernet echo mpid

ethernet jitter mpid

ip sla ethernet-monitor

ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration

ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule

request-data-size (Ethernet)

show ip sla ethernet-monitor configuration

type echo domain

type jitter domain

cos

To set the class of service (CoS) for a Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Ethernet operation, use the cos command in the appropriate submode of IP SLA configuration or IP SLA Ethernet monitor configuration mode. To return to the default value, use the no form of this command.

cos cos-value

no cos

Syntax Description

cos-value

Class of service value. Range is 0 to 7. The default value is 0.


Command Default

The class of service value for the IP SLAs Ethernet operation is set to 0.

Command Modes

IP SLA configuration

Ethernet echo configuration (config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo)
Ethernet jitter configuration (config-ip-sla-ethernet-jitter)

IP SLA Ethernet monitor configuration

Ethernet parameters configuration (config-ip-sla-ethernet-params)


Note The configuration mode varies depending on the operation type configured. See the "Usage Guidelines" section for more information.


Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(33)SRB

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

You must configure the type of IP SLAs operation (such as Ethernet ping) before you can configure any of the other parameters of the operation.

The configuration mode for the cos command varies depending on the operation type configured. For example, if you are running Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRB and the Ethernet ping operation type is configured using the ethernet echo mpid command in IP SLA configuration mode, you would enter the cos command in Ethernet echo configuration mode (config-ip-sla-ethernet-echo).

Examples

The following example shows how to configure operation parameters, proactive threshold monitoring, and scheduling options using an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation. In this example, operation 10 is configured to automatically create IP SLAs Ethernet ping operations for all the discovered maintenance endpoints in the domain named testdomain and VLAN identification number 34. The class of service for each Ethernet ping operation is set to 3. As specified by the proactive threshold monitoring configuration, when three consecutive connection loss events occur, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap notification should be sent. The schedule period for operation 10 is 60 seconds, and the operation is scheduled to start immediately.

ip sla ethernet-monitor 10
 type echo domain testdomain vlan 34
 cos 3
!
ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration 10 react connectionLoss threshold-type 
consecutive 3 action-type trapOnly
!
ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule 10 schedule-period 60 start-time now

Related Commands

Command
Description

ip sla

Begins configuration for an IP SLAs operation and enters IP SLA configuration mode.

ip sla ethernet-monitor

Begins configuration for an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation and enters IP SLA Ethernet monitor configuration mode.


debug ip sla ethernet-monitor

To enable debugging output for a Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Ethernet operation, use the debug ip sla ethernet-monitor command in privileged EXEC mode. To disable debugging output, use the no form of this command.

debug ip sla ethernet-monitor [operation-number]

no debug ip sla ethernet-monitor [operation-number]

Syntax Description

operation-number

(Optional) Number of the Ethernet operation for which the debugging output will be displayed.


Command Default

Debug is not enabled.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(33)SRB

This command was introduced.


Examples

The following is sample output from the debug ip sla ethernet-monitor command:

Router# debug ip sla ethernet-monitor

00:00:15: IP SLAs Auto Ethernet(0):vlan = 2, domain = DOMAIN_OPERATOR_L3_1, mpid = 6322 
                                from CFM
00:00:15: IP SLAs Auto Ethernet(0):saaHandleEventFromCFM::Received Event from CFM
00:00:15: IP SLAs Auto Ethernet(0):Event::ECFM_SAA_EV_MEP_ADD
00:00:15: IP SLAs Auto Ethernet(0):1 auto-probes found for domain = DOMAIN_OPERATOR_L3_1 
and vlan = 2
00:00:15: IP SLAs Auto Ethernet(0):autoProbe probe_id = 1
00:00:15: IP SLAs Auto Ethernet(0):0 Probes already running in auto-probe = 1
00:00:15: IP SLAs Auto Ethernet(1):starting probe with freq = 20 sec
00:00:15: IP SLAs Auto Ethernet(1):starting probe 100001

Related Commands

Command
Description

ip sla

Begins configuration for an IP SLAs operation and enters IP SLA configuration mode.

ip sla ethernet-monitor

Begins configuration for an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation and enters IP SLA Ethernet monitor configuration mode.


ethernet echo mpid

To manually configure an individual Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Ethernet ping operation, use the ethernet echo mpid command in IP SLA configuration mode.

ethernet echo mpid mp-id domain domain-name vlan vlan-id

Syntax Description

mp-id

Maintenance endpoint identification number.

domain domain-name

Specifies the name of the Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) maintenance domain.

vlan vlan-id

Specifies the VLAN identification number.


Command Default

No IP SLAs Ethernet ping operation is configured.

Command Modes

IP SLA configuration (config-ip-sla)

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(33)SRB

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

You must configure the type of IP SLAs operation (such as Ethernet ping) before you can configure any of the other parameters of the operation. To change the operation type of an existing IP SLAs operation, you must first delete the IP SLAs operation (using the no ip sla global configuration command) and then reconfigure the operation with the new operation type.

Examples

The following example shows how to configure an IP SLAs Ethernet ping operation. In this example, the maintenance endpoint identification number is 23, the maintenance domain name is testdomain, and the VLAN identification number is 34. Operation 1 is scheduled to start immediately.

ip sla 1
 ethernet echo mpid 23 domain testdomain vlan 34
!
ip sla schedule 1 start-time now

Related Commands

Command
Description

ip sla

Begins configuration for an IP SLAs operation and enters IP SLA configuration mode.


ethernet jitter mpid

To manually configure an individual Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Ethernet jitter operation, use the ethernet jitter mpid command in IP SLA configuration mode.

ethernet jitter mpid mp-id domain domain-name vlan vlan-id [interval interframe-interval] [num-frames frames-number]

Syntax Description

mp-id

Maintenance endpoint identification number.

domain domain-name

Specifies the name of the Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) maintenance domain.

vlan vlan-id

Specifies the VLAN identification number.

interval interframe-interval

(Optional) Specifies the interframe interval (in milliseconds). The default value is 20 ms.

num-frames frames-number

(Optional) Specifies the number of frames to be sent. The default value is 10 frames.


Command Default

No IP SLAs Ethernet jitter operation is configured.

Command Modes

IP SLA configuration (config-ip-sla)

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(33)SRB

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

You must configure the type of IP SLAs operation (such as Ethernet jitter) before you can configure any of the other parameters of the operation. To change the operation type of an existing IP SLAs operation, you must first delete the IP SLAs operation (using the no ip sla global configuration command) and then reconfigure the operation with the new operation type.

Examples

The following example shows how to configure an IP SLAs Ethernet jitter operation. In this example, the maintenance endpoint identification number is 23, the maintenance domain name is testdomain, the VLAN identification number is 34, the interframe interval is 20 ms, and the number of frames to be sent is 30. Operation 2 is scheduled to start immediately.

ip sla 2
 ethernet jitter mpid 23 domain testdomain vlan 34 interval 20 num-frames 30
!
ip sla schedule 2 start-time now

Related Commands

Command
Description

ip sla

Begins configuration for an IP SLAs operation and enters IP SLA configuration mode.


ip sla ethernet-monitor

To begin configuring an Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) auto Ethernet operation and enter IP SLA Ethernet monitor configuration mode, use the ip sla ethernet-monitor command in global configuration mode. To remove all configuration information for an auto Ethernet operation, including the schedule of the operation, reaction configuration, and reaction triggers, use the no form of this command.

ip sla ethernet-monitor operation-number

no ip sla ethernet-monitor operation-number

Syntax Description

operation-number

Operation number used for the identification of the IP SLAs operation you want to configure.


Command Default

No IP SLAs operation is configured.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(33)SRB

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The ip sla ethernet-monitor command is used to begin configuration for an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation. Use this command to specify an identification number for the operation you are about to configure. After you enter this command, the router will enter IP SLA Ethernet monitor configuration mode.

After you configure an auto Ethernet operation, you must schedule the operation. To schedule an auto Ethernet operation, use the ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule command in global configuration mode. You can also optionally set reaction configuration for the operation (see the ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration command).

To display the current configuration settings of an auto Ethernet operation, use the show ip sla ethernet-monitor configuration command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.

To change the operation type of an existing auto Ethernet operation, you must first delete the operation (using the no ip sla ethernet-monitor global configuration command) and then reconfigure the operation with the new operation type.

Examples

The following example shows how to configure operation parameters, proactive threshold monitoring, and scheduling options using an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation. In this example, operation 10 is configured to automatically create IP SLAs Ethernet ping operations for all the discovered maintenance endpoints in the domain named testdomain and VLAN identification number 34. As specified by the proactive threshold monitoring configuration, when three consecutive connection loss events occur, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap notification should be sent. The schedule period for operation 10 is 60 seconds, and the operation is scheduled to start immediately.

ip sla ethernet-monitor 10
 type echo domain testdomain vlan 34
!
ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration 10 react connectionLoss threshold-type 
consecutive 3 action-type trapOnly
!
ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule 10 schedule-period 60 start-time now

Related Commands

Command
Description

ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration

Configures the proactive threshold monitoring parameters for an IP SLAs auto Ethernet operation.

ip sla ethernet-monitor schedule

Configures the scheduling parameters for an IP SLAs LSP Health Monitor operation.

show ip sla ethernet-monitor configuration

Displays configuration settings for IP SLAs auto Ethernet operations.


ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration

To configure proactive threshold monitoring parameters for a Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) auto Ethernet operation, use the ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration command in global configuration mode. To clear all threshold monitoring configuration for a specified auto Ethernet operation, use the no form of this command.

ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration operation-number react monitored-element [action-type {none | trapOnly}] [threshold-type {average [number-of-measurements] | consecutive [occurrences] | immediate | never | xofy [x-value y-value]}] [threshold-value upper-threshold lower-threshold]

no ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration operation-number

Syntax Description

operation-number

Number of the IP SLAs operation for which reactions are to be configured.

react monitored-element

Specifies the element to be monitored for threshold violations. Keyword options for the monitored-element argument are as follows:

connectionLoss—Specifies that a reaction should occur if there is a one-way connection loss for the monitored operation.

jitterAvg—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the average round-trip jitter value violates the upper threshold or lower threshold.

jitterDSAvg—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the average one-way destination-to-source jitter value violates the upper threshold or lower threshold.

jitterSDAvg—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the average one-way source-to-destination jitter value violates the upper threshold or lower threshold.

maxOfNegativeDS—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the one-way maximum negative jitter destination-to-source threshold is violated.

maxOfNegativeSD—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the one-way maximum negative jitter source-to-destination threshold is violated.

maxOfPositiveDS—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the one-way maximum positive jitter destination-to-source threshold is violated.

maxOfPositiveSD—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the one-way maximum positive jitter source-to-destination threshold is violated.

react monitored-element (continued)

packetLateArrival—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the one-way number of late packets violates the upper threshold or lower threshold.

packetLossDS—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the one-way destination-to-source packet loss value violates the upper threshold or lower threshold.

packetLossSD—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the one-way source-to-destination packet loss value violates the upper threshold or lower threshold.

packetMIA—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the one-way number of missing packets violates the upper threshold or lower threshold.

packetOutOfSequence—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the one-way number of packets out of sequence violates the upper threshold or lower threshold.

rtt—Specifies that a reaction should occur if the round-trip time violates the upper threshold or lower threshold.

timeout—Specifies that a reaction should occur if there is a one-way timeout for the monitored operation.

action-type none

(Optional) Specifies that no action is taken when threshold events occur. The none keyword is the default value.

Note If the threshold-type never keywords are configured, the action-type keyword is disabled.

action-type trapOnly

(Optional) Specifies that a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap notification should be sent when threshold violation events occur.

Note If the threshold-type never keywords are configured, the action-type keyword is disabled.

threshold-type average [number-of-measurements]

(Optional) Specifies that when the average of a specified number of measurements for the monitored element exceeds the upper threshold or when the average of a specified number of measurements for the monitored element drops below the lower threshold, the action defined by the action-type keyword should be performed. For example, if the upper threshold for react rtt threshold-type average 3 is configured as 5000 ms and the last three results of the operation are 6000, 6000, and 5000 ms, the average would be 6000 + 6000 + 5000 = 17000/3 = 5667. In this case, the average exceeds the upper threshold.

The default number of 5 averaged measurements can be changed using the number-of-measurements argument. The valid range is from 1 to 16.

This syntax is not available if the connectionLoss or timeout keyword is specified as the monitored element, because upper and lower thresholds do not apply to these options.

threshold-type consecutive [occurrences]

(Optional) Specifies that when a threshold violation for the monitored element is met consecutively for a specified number of times, the action defined by the action-type keyword should be performed.

The default number of 5 consecutive occurrences can be changed using the occurrences argument. The valid range is from 1 to 16.

threshold-type immediate

(Optional) Specifies that when a threshold violation for the monitored element is met, the action defined by the action-type keyword should be performed immediately.

threshold-type never

(Optional) Specifies that threshold violations should not be monitored. This is the default threshold type.

threshold-type xofy [x-value y-value]

(Optional) Specifies that when a threshold violation for the monitored element is met x number of times within the last y number of measurements ("x of y"), action defined by the action-type keyword should be performed.

The default is 5 for both the x and y values (xofy 5 5). The valid range for each value is from 1 to 16.

threshold-value [upper-threshold lower-threshold]

(Optional) Specifies the upper-threshold and lower-threshold values of the applicable monitored elements. See Table 1 in the "Usage Guidelines" section for a list of the default values.


Command Default

IP SLAs proactive threshold monitoring is disabled.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(33)SRB

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

You can configure the ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration command multiple times to enable proactive threshold monitoring for multiple elements (for example, configuring thresholds for round-trip time and destination-to-source packet loss) for the same operation. However, disabling of individual monitored elements is not supported. In other words, the no ip sla ethernet-monitor reaction-configuration command will disable all proactive threshold monitoring configuration for the specified IP SLAs operation.

SNMP traps for IP SLAs are supported by the CISCO-RTTMON-MIB and CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB. Use the ip sla logging traps command to enable the generation of SNMP system logging messages specific to IP SLAs trap notifications. Use the snmp-server enable traps rtr command to enable the sending of IP SLAs SNMP trap notifications.

To display the current threshold monitoring configuration settings for an auto Ethernet operation, use the show ip sla ethernet-monitor configuration command.

Table 1 lists the default upper and lower thresholds for specific monitored elements.

Table 1 Default Threshold Values for Monitored Elements 

Monitored Element Keyword
Upper Threshold
Lower Threshold

jitterAvg

100 ms

100 ms

jitterDSAvg

100 ms

100 ms