Cisco Systems 3560 Manual Do Utilizador

This chapter describes how to use Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) on the Catalyst 3560 
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. 

Switches running the IP base image support only IP SLAs responder functionality and must be 
configured with another device that supports full IP SLAs functionality, for example, a Catalyst 3560 
switch running the IP services image.

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:

  

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.