IP SLA threshold/timeout
Does anyone know the difference between threshold and timeout values within an ip sla monitor? For example, one of the labs (lab 8, 9.3) asks for a maximum latency of 20ms, but to account for icmp packets which have a delay that exceeds 25ms. The SG says threshold and timout are both 25, but what is the difference?
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Off the top of my head I'd say the threshold determines how many pings for example need to fail before the sla is triggered.
The timeout specifies how long you should wait for a responce to a ping before it is considered failed.
nik
Threshold sets the rising threshold that generates a reaction event and stores history information for an IP SLAs operation.
Threshold is used to activate a response to IP SLA violation, e.g. send SNMP trap or start seconday SLA operation.
Timeout is the maximum time required for SLA operation to complete
Timeout sets the amount of time an IP SLAs operation waits for a response from its request packet.
configure the sla based on:
Frequency > Timeout > Threshold.