Performance Monitoring Overview
- 05 Jul 2023
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Performance Monitoring Overview
- Updated on 05 Jul 2023
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The PMON (Performance Monitoring) feature in Skylight Flex collects the statistics from each standard monitoring entity like physical interfaces and Ethernet Maintenance End Point.
This article describes the purpose and scope of PMON, lists the definitions /acronyms and conventions used, and the general CLI and SNMP configurations.
It also describes the configuration details through CLI (Command Line Interface) and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
The reader is expected to have a basic knowledge of the Performance Monitoring functionality used in the network as a prerequisite.
Acronyms
The following table lists the acronyms used in these following articles and their expansion.
| Acronym | Explanation |
|---|---|
| CLI | Command Line Interface |
| DM | Delay Measurement |
| PMON | Performance Monitoring |
| SLM | Synthetic Loss Measurement |
| TCA | Threshold Crossing Alert |
General Configurations
The PMON is configurable and managed by CLI and SNMP interfaces. This article provides the various modes for the CLI configuration and the various operations for the SNMP configuration.
CLI Command Modes
This section describes the numerous command modes available in the CLI configuration for PMON. The following table lists the command modes, access and exit methods of the modes, and the prompt displayed in the modes.
This table lists the access and exit methods for various general configuration modes.
CLI Command Modes
| Command Mode | Access Method | Prompt | Exit Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| User EXEC | This is the initial mode to start a session. | your product > | The logout method is used. |
| Privileged EXEC | The User EXEC mode command enable is used to enter the Privileged EXEC mode. | your product# | The command disable is used to return to the User EXEC mode. |
| Global Configuration | The Privileged EXEC mode command configures the terminal, is used to enter the Global Configuration Mode. | your product(config)# | The command exit/end is used to exit to the Privileged EXEC mode. |
| PMON Policy Configuration | The Global Configuration Mode command PMON Policy Configuration (config-pmon-policy)#, is used to enter the PMON Policy Configuration | your product(config-pmon-policy)# | The command exit is used to exit to the Global Configuration mode. The command end is used to exit to the Privileged EXEC mode. |
| Telemetry Configuration | The Global Configuration mode command Telemetry is used to enter in the Telemetry Configuration mode. | your product(config-telemetry)# | The command exit is used to exit to the Global Configuration mode. The command end is used to exit to the Privileged EXEC mode. |
Default Configurations
The following table lists the default values assigned to several PMON parameters, during the start-up.
Default Configurations
| header | Default Setting |
|---|---|
| Policy Profile Configuration | cell |
| Pmon Policy Description | cell |
| Number of 15 Mins | 33 |
| Number of 1 Day | 8 |
| Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) | 0 |
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