IP SLA question

rasoftware · ‎09-25-2006

I have the following setup using ip sla and wondering if someone can just confirm this is working as I understand it.

ip sla 1

icmp-echo 217.32.69.243 source-interface FastEthernet0

timeout 1500

threshold 2

frequency 3

Does this mean timeout 1500 which runs every three seconds? I'm a little unclear on what the threshold means.

Thanks

m-haddad · ‎09-25-2006

Hello,

The timeout is in milliseconds. It means when to consider the ICMP timed out. In your case the timeout is 1500ms. That is, if the router sends an ICMP-echo to the remote IP and does not receive a response within 1500ms then it considers this as timed out.

Hope this helps,

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rasoftware · ‎09-26-2006

Hi,

What impact does the threshold have?

thanks

Rob

m-haddad · ‎09-26-2006

THe threshold is optional and does not have real impact on your target. However, it affects statistics calculation. Below is a link for SLA ICMP

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6350/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a0080441845.html

Let me know if you have further questions,

Regards,

m-haddad · ‎09-26-2006

Thanks for the rate as well.

Regards,