Configuring the SLA Mon Agent

Configure the SLA Mon agent to communicate with an Avaya Diagnostic Server with SLA Mon technology to perform Quality of Service (QoS) tests of the network.

Before you begin

To use the SLA Mon agent, you must have an Avaya Diagnostic Server with SLA Mon technology in your network.

About this task

To configure the SLA Mon agent, you must assign an IP address and enable it. Remaining agent parameters are optional and you can operate the agent using the default values.

Note

If you want to change SLA Mon parameters, you must first disable SLA Mon.

If you configure the SLA Mon agent address under an IP address for a VLAN or brouter, you must remove the SLA Mon address, before you can remove the IP address for the VLAN or brouter. To remove the SLA Mon address, first select disabled from the Status field, then configure the IP address in the ConfiguredAgentAddr field to 0.0.0.0.

Procedure

In the navigation pane, expand the Configuration > Serviceability folders.
Click SLA Monitor.
Click the SLA Monitor tab.
For the status, select enabled.
In the ConfiguredAgentAddr field, enter the SLA Mon agent IP address
Configure optional parameters as required.
Click Apply.

SLA Monitor field descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the SLA Monitor tab.


Name	Description
Status	Enables or disables the SLA Mon agent. The default is disabled. If you disable the agent, it does not respond to discovery packets from a server. If you disable the agent because of resource concerns, consider changing the server configuration instead, to alter the test frequency or duration, or the number of targets.
CertFileInstallAction	Installs or uninstalls a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate file. The default is noAction.
CertFile	Specifies the file name and path of the SSL certificate. If you install a certificate on the SLA Mon agent, you must ensure a matching configuration on the server.
ConfiguredAgentAddrType	Specifies the address type of the agent: IPv4.
ConfiguredAgentAddr	Configures the agent IP address. You must configure the IP address before the agent can process received discovery packets from the server. The agent IP address is a mandatory parameter. The default value is 0.0.0.0.
ConfiguredAgentPort	Configures the UDP port for agent-server communication. The SLA Mon agent receives discovery packets on this port. The default is port 50011. The server must use the same port.
ConfiguredAgentVrfName	Specifies the name of a VRF.
ConfiguredServerAddrType	Specifies the address type of the server: IPv4.
ConfiguredServerAddr	Restricts the SLA Mon agent to use the server at this IP address only. If the default of 0.0.0.0 is used, then the SLA Mon agent can register with any server.
ConfiguredServerPort	Restricts the SLA Mon agent to use this registration port only. The default is 0, which means the agent disregards the source port information in server traffic. The server must use the same port.
ConfiguredAltServerAddrType	Specifies the address type of the secondary server: IPv4.
ConfiguredAltServerAddr	Configures a secondary server in the event that the primary server is unreachable.
ConfiguredAltServerPort	Restricts the SLA Mon agent to use this registration port on the secondary server only. The default is 0, which means the agent disregards the source port information in server traffic. The server must use the same port.
SupportedApps	Shows the type of testing supported: Real Time Protocol (RTP) and New Trace Route (NTR).
AgentAddressType	Shows the SLA Mon agent address type.
AgentAddress	Shows the configured SLA Mon agent IP address.
AgentPort	Shows the configured SLA Mon agent port.
RegisteredWithServer	Indicates if the SLA Mon agent has registered with a server.
RegisteredServerAddrType	Shows the address type for the registered server.
RegisteredServerAddr	Shows the IP address for the registered server.
RegisteredServerPort	Shows the port number for the registered server.
RegistrationTime	Shows the amount of time, in seconds, since the SLA Mon agent registered with the server.
AgentToAgentPort	Shows the port for SLA Mon agent-to-agent communication.
ConfiguredAgentToAgentPort	Configures the port used for RTP and NTR testing in SLA Mon agent-to-agent communication. The default port is 50012. If you configure this value as zero (0), the default port is used.