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CHAPTER

35-1

Cisco IE 3000 Switch Software Configuration Guide

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Configuring Cisco IOS IP SLAs Operations

This chapter describes how to use Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) on the IE 3000 switch.

Cisco IP SLAs is a part of Cisco IOS software that allows Cisco customers to analyze IP service levels

for IP applications and services by using active traffic monitoring—the generation of traffic in a

continuous, reliable, and predictable manner—for measuring network performance. With Cisco IOS IP

SLAs, service provider customers can measure and provide service level agreements, and enterprise

customers can verify service levels, verify outsourced service level agreements, and understand network

performance. Cisco IOS IP SLAs can perform network assessments, verify quality of service (QoS), ease

the deployment of new services, and assist with network troubleshooting.

Note The switch supports only IP SLAs responder functionality and must be configured with another device

that supports full IP SLAs functionality.

For more information about IP SLAs, see the Cisco IOS IP SLAs Configuration Guide, Release 12.4T at

this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipsla/configuration/guide/12_4t/sla_12_4t_book.html

For command syntax information, see the command reference at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipsla/command/reference/sla_book.html

This chapter consists of these sections:

• Understanding Cisco IOS IP SLAs, page 35-1

• Configuring IP SLAs Operations, page 35-5

• Monitoring IP SLAs Operations, page 35-6

Understanding Cisco IOS IP SLAs

Cisco IOS IP SLAs sends data across the network to measure performance between multiple network

locations or across multiple network paths. It simulates network data and IP services and collects

network performance information in real time. Cisco IOS IP SLAs generates and analyzes traffic either

between Cisco IOS devices or from a Cisco IOS device to a remote IP device such as a network

application server. Measurements provided by the various Cisco IOS IP SLAs operations can be used

for troubleshooting, for problem analysis, and for designing network topologies.

Depending on the specific Cisco IOS IP SLAs operation, various network performance statistics are

monitored within the Cisco device and stored in both command-line interface (CLI) and Simple Network

Management Protocol (SNMP) MIBs. IP SLAs packets have configurable IP and application layer

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