Configuring a Timing Probe for IP SLA

IP SLA requires an ICMP timing probe to test the connection to a destination IP address. You can assign the default ICMP timing probe, $ipsla_default, which uses the default ICMP timing probe settings, or you can create and assign a custom ICMP timing probe.

This example:

  • Creates the ICMP-IP-SLA ICMP timing probe
  • Sets the receive wait time to 500 milliseconds
  • Sets the transmit interval to 1000 milliseconds
  • Puts the ICMP timing probe into service
  • Sets ICMP-IP-SLA as the ICMP timing probe for IP SLA tests on the destination IP address 125.50.25.1
    System(su-config)->probe ICMP-IP-SLA icmp timing
    System(su-config-probe)->receive 500
    System(su-config-probe)->interval 1000
    System(su-config-probe)->inservice
    System(su-config-probe)->exit
    System(su-config)->sla entry 1 echo
    S Chassis(su-config-sla)->destination 125.50.25.1 probe ICMP-IP-SLA

To run the IP SLA entry, you must schedule it. For information about scheduling the IP SLA entry, see Tracked Object Manager Configuration.