Cisco IP SLA Monitoring Tool

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What You Can Monitor

Opsview Monitor contains the service checks needed to monitor crucial aspects of your IT network infrastructure. Opsview is able to use the latest SNMP information to drill down to the specific items you need to monitor your critical equipment.

Service Checks

Service Check	Description
Check Cisco IP SLA	Poll the hostname specified to get all interface information which will be submitted via passive check results

Prerequisites

Ensure your Opsview Monitor version is at least 6.6.7. Check Opsview Release Notes for the latest version of Opsview Monitor.

Cisco IP SLA Monitoring Tool Setup and Configuration

To configure and utilize this Opspack, you simply need to add the 'Network - Cisco IPSLA' Opspack your Opsview Monitor system.

Step 1: Add the Host Template

Add the Network - Cisco IPSLA Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host.

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Host Templates to Hosts.

Step 2: Add and configure variables for this Host Template

IPSLA

This variable can be added multiple times to monitor multiple IP SLAs. Set the Value to the name of your IP SLA. Comma-separated values should be structured as a single record of RFC 4180 defined CSV format, i.e. IP SLA tags with commas should be double quoted.

Parameter	Position in Variable	Name	Description
Opsview UI Only	Value	IP SLA Display Name	Display Name for IP SLA
--ipsla	Arg1	IP SLA Tag	CSV string containing IP SLA tags to monitor (default: 'ALL')
--dbid	Arg2	SQLITE DB ID	ID for the sqlite database to allow multiple instances (default: 1)
--id	Arg3	IP SLA ID	CSV string containing IP SLA IDs to monitor