| IP SLA is a Cisco technology that when paired with a | | | | using polling. This gives you a different view on your |
| network performance management solution is a | | | | network, and indeed is a useful technology for your |
| fantastic way to monitor your network, especially | | | | Cisco equipment. |
| network services that require a good degree of | | | | Setting up IP SLA on your network is really easy |
| latency. In a nutshell, It can be best described as an | | | | & there are network tools that can get you |
| integrated feature in Cisco for active measurements in | | | | running right away. Once you have it set up, you can |
| routers and switches. It can help you to measure | | | | then plug in the data directly into your performance |
| delay, packet loss as well as routes. | | | | monitor tools in order to get a deep look at your |
| This is a great complimentary feature to your | | | | network devices. |
| monitoring strategy if you are already using polling and | | | | Where is IP SLA best put to use? In general, a lot of |
| want to harness the features already available to you | | | | success is seen using it for high-latency operations |
| on your Cisco-based devices. | | | | from within your network. For example, VoIP traffic is |
| Instead of a centralized system for monitoring -- | | | | really sensitive because it really needs a high amount |
| where a system is polling locations to several areas of | | | | of latency in order to give users the experience that |
| a network -- It is used in a distributed format. That is, | | | | they would get from a traditional phone service. |
| since Cisco gear hasIP SLA in its equipment, the data | | | | If you're using an enterprise-class network monitoring |
| that can be used by a network performance monitor [ | | | | system, remember that there are quality adds-in that |
| comes directly from these devices as opposed to | | | | are basically VoIP focused modules using IP SLA. |