How do I enable IP SLA responder?

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How do I enable IP SLA responder?

Open a CLI session on the destination router and follow the below steps.

  1. To enable privileged EXEC mode: Router › enable.
  2. To enable the global configuration mode: Router#configure terminal.
  3. To enable the IP SLA responder. Router(config)#ip sla responder. [or] Router(config)#ip sla monitor responder.

What is the use of IP SLA command?

IP SLAs is a feature included in the Cisco IOS Software that can allow administrators the ability to Analyze IP Service Levels for IP applications and services. IP SLA’s uses active traffic-monitoring technology to monitor continuous traffic on the network.

What is ICMP path echo?

An ICMP Path Echo operation measures end-to-end and hop-by-hop response time between a Cisco device and other devices using IP. ICMP Path Echo is useful for determining network availability and for troubleshooting network connectivity issues.

How to configure Cisco IP SLA responder?

Now, let’s configure Cisco IP SLA Responder. To do this we will use the below command: ip sla responder {tcp-connect | udp-echo} ipaddress ip-address port port-number . According to analyzed traffic, we will select tcp-connect or udp-connect, we will give the ip address and port of the destination.

How do I enable data verification for an IP SLA configuration?

(Optional) Displays IP SLAs configuration details. If the IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) operation is not running and not generating statistics, add the verify-data command to the configuration (while configuring in IP SLA configuration mode) to enable data verification.

How to configure IP SLA operation as ICMP echo?

These steps are: 1 Creating IP SLA Operation 2 Configure IP SLA Operation as ICMP Echo 3 Set repeat frequency 4 Configure Schedule 5 Save The configuration More

Which Cisco routers does IP SLA and track apply to?

It applies to all Cisco routers that run Cisco IOS and where IP SLA and Track can be configured. The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration.

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