Based on yours and Tacack reply, if even one packets doesn't come within the timeout period then it is considered as fail. Is it so micro-tracking?
With regards Kings On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Yogesh Gawankar <[email protected]>wrote: > The way this works is as follows: > > num packets=4 > > frequency=30 secs > > timeout =5 secs > > 4 echo requests sent every 30 secs. > > It needs just one echo reply to come back within 5 secs for pass/fail. > > Thanks and regards > > Yogesh Gawankar > Mob: +919686084976 > > --- On *Mon, 8/16/10, Kingsley Charles <[email protected]>*wrote: > > > From: Kingsley Charles <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] ASAs sla for tracking > To: "Vybhav Ramachandran" <[email protected]> > Cc: "OSL Security" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 11:04 PM > > > Hi Tacack > > You understanding is totally different from mines :-) > > What is fail criteria based on your understanding? > > The fail criteria is the one which will make everything clear. > > > With regards > Kings > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Vybhav Ramachandran > <[email protected]<http://us.mc581.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hello Kings, > > I did some testing using GNS3 and wireshark. Here's what i found > > *Frequency* -> Once in how many seconds should the ASA try to reach the > destination to verify the SLA. If the frequency is configured as 10 seconds, > then once in ten seconds the ASA will try and ping the destination. > > *num-packets *-> "how many" echo-requests are sent from the ASA during > each ping attempt (once every frequency interval) . Ex : Suppose the num-of > packets is 3 and the frequency is 10 seconds. Then, at the end of 10 > seconds, the ASA will send 3 echo-requests continuously to the destination > and wait for the response from the destination. > > *timeout *-> It defines how much time the ASA will wait for the > echo-replies for each of the pings that it sends / per frequency > time-period. > > Now a couple of questions come into my mind which are similar to yours > > 1) Suppose the num-of-packets is set to 3, frequency is 10 seconds and the > timeout is set to 1000 ( 1 second ), and the ASA replies prompt echo-replies > for the first 2 ICMP echo-replies and the 3rd echo-reply comes in after 2 > seconds, what happens to the SLA? Does it show it as down? > > 2) What's the purpose of sending multiple pings at each interval period? :) > > > Cheers, > TacACK > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > >
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