The RemotePing External Setting is available to the following four remote ping groups: PE to CE, PE to PE, PE to Unmanaged CE, and PE to VRF. The setting serves two purposes:

  • Provides a means of testing the remote ping instrumentation and analysis functionality of MPLS Manager.

  • Provides a means for MPLS Manager to import remote ping status updates from an VMware Smart Assurance adapter, such as the VMware Smart Assurance Adapter for Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS.

    RemotePing External Setting parameters and their values lists the RemotePing External Setting parameters.

Table 1. RemotePing External Setting parameters and their values

Parameter

Values

Description

AnalysisMode

ENABLED,DISABLED

Default: DISABLED

Enables or disables the availability analysis of the remote ping data collected from an external source.

Classification

PE_TO_REMOTE_CEPE_TO_LOCAL_CEPE_TO_PEPE_TO_VRFPE_TO_UNMANAGED_CE

Default: PE_TO_PE

Sets the type of ping to execute:

DestinationIP

DestinationName

DestinationType

For PE_TO_UNMANAGED_CE and PE_TO_VRF, DetinationType does not apply; accept the default.

PacketSize

PingTimeout

PollingInterval

PollingTimeout

Retries

SourceName