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IP SLAs
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IP SLA stands for Internet Protocol Service Level Agreement. Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (IP SLAs) Cisco IOS IP SLAs is a capability embedded in the Cisco IOS Software that can allow administrators the ability to Analyze IP Service Levels for IP applications and services. IP SLAs use active traffic-monitoring technology to monitor continuous traffic on the network. This is a reliable method in measuring overhead network performance. Cisco routers and/or switches provide IP SLA Responders that give accuracy of measured data across a network. About IP SLAs With IP SLAs, Cisco routers and/or switches can be configured to perform periodic measurements. The exact number and type of available measurements depends on the IOS version and the platform. IP SLAs enable building truly distributed performance collection systems. IP SLAs is very widely used in networks to generate time-based network and services performance data. It is typically used together with SNMP and Netflow which generate volume-based data. IP SLAs is often used to generate data which is needed by service level agreements. Types of Automated Operations IP SLAs Supports * Carrier Ethernet / Metro Ethernet IEEE 802.1ag-Based Jitter Operation * Carrier Ethernet / Metro Ethernet IEEE 802.1ag-Based Echo Operation * MPLS Label Switched Path (LSP) VCCV for Pseudo-wire3 Echo Operation * Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping * H.323 Gatekeeper Registration Delay Operation * Session Initiation Protocol or H.323 Call Setup Delay Operation * Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) DSP-Based Operation * Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Connect * User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Echo (for VoIP Jitter & MOS) * User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Jitter for VoIP * User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Jitter * User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Echo * User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Path Echo * DNS Lookups * DHCP Lease Requests * FTP Downloads * HTTP Get * ICMP Echo (remote ping) * ICMP Path Echo * ICMP Path Jitter * IPv6 Support * VRF Support * Video Operation (For delay, jitter, and packet loss introduced by video applications and/or services) * Data-Link Switching (DLSw+) (SNA Tunneling protocol) Related links *Cisco ** Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements Configuration Guide, Release 12.4 ** Cisco IOS IP SLAs Commands Reference ** Cisco IP Service Level Agreements ** Cisco WSMA ** Service Assurance Agent (older version and name of same feature) * Service level agreement Network Management Solutions and Tools Support Software solutions and tools to configure, collect, and plot IP SLAs data primarily through its SNMP Set and Get Interfaces Management Information Base MIBs. IP SLAs is widely supported by tools from different vendors, and via Open Source Tools as well. Notable tools and their vendors include: <div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> * AccelOps Integrated Monitoring Solution - AccelOps * LiveAction QOS - ActionPacked Networks * CA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager - CA, Inc. * HP Performance Insight - HP * HP NNM iSPI Performance for Quality Assurance - HP * IBM Tivoli NetView - IBM, Inc. * Monolith Software - Monolith Software * NetVoyant - NetQoS, Inc. * Observer Infrastructure - Network Instruments, LLC. * Nimsoft Monitoring Solution - Nimsoft * Orion IP SLA Manager - SolarWinds, Inc. * PRTG Network Monitor - Paessler AG * RRDtool - OETIKER+PARTNER AG * Cacti - The Cacti Group * Scrutinizer - Plixer International, Inc. * SevOne - SevOne, Inc. * Zenoss Enterprise - Zenoss * ManageEngine - OpManager </div> 
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