Understanding Cisco Ios Ip Slas - Cisco ME 3400 Software Configuration Manual

Configuring Cisco IOS IP SLAs Operations
This chapter describes how to use Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) on the Cisco ME 3400
Ethernet Access 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.
Full Cisco IP SLAs functionality is supported only on switches that are running the metro IP access or
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metro access image. Switches running the metro base image, such as the ME 2400, support 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:
For command syntax information, see the command reference at this URL:
This chapter consists of these sections:
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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.
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipsla/configuration/guide/12_4t/sla_12_4t_book.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipsla/command/reference/sla_book.html
Understanding Cisco IOS IP SLAs, page 39-1
Configuring IP SLAs Operations, page 39-6
Monitoring IP SLAs Operations, page 39-13
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