IP Performance Metrics Overview

Overview

IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) is a tool designed to monitor and measure critical network metrics related to IPv4 and IPv6 data. By generating traffic and reporting statistics through syslog messages, IPPM provides valuable insights into network performance, including jitter, round-trip time (RTT), time to live (TTL), and response time.

Configured through customizable profiles, IPPM allows administrators to schedule monitoring and updates at specific intervals or times of the day. Watchers can analyze these metrics, performing necessary actions such as configuration changes or logging success and failure messages, ensuring the stability and optimal performance of the network.

Requirements

This feature is supported for all RUCKUS ICX devices. The maximum number of IPPM profiles that can be configured varies by device model:

  • RUCKUS ICX 7550: 32 profiles
  • RUCKUS ICX 7650: 64 profiles
  • RUCKUS ICX 7850: 64 profiles
  • RUCKUS ICX 8200: 16 profiles

The maximum number of watcher profiles that can be configured varies by device model:

  • RUCKUS ICX 7550: 32 watchers
  • RUCKUS ICX 7650: 64 watchers
  • RUCKUS ICX 7850: 64 watchers
  • RUCKUS ICX 8200: 16 watchers

The maximum number of supported routes varies by device model:

  • RUCKUS ICX 7550: 256 routes
  • RUCKUS ICX 7650: 512 routes
  • RUCKUS ICX 7850: 512 routes
  • RUCKUS ICX 8200: 128 routes

Considerations

  • IPPM is enabled by default. However, the monitoring of metrics is based on the configured test profiles.
  • Selected static routes can be tracked against a watcher profile. When the IPPM profile associated with the watcher profile fails due to reachability issues, an alternative route can be enabled.
  • IPPM relies on the Ping functionality to conduct its tests. For more information, refer to the ping command in the RUCKUS FastIron Command Reference.

Best Practices

  • Ensure that test profiles are configured correctly to monitor the desired metrics. This includes setting appropriate values for jitter, RTT, TTL, and response time.
  • Schedule regular intervals for monitoring to ensure continuous performance tracking and timely detection of issues.
  • Use watcher profiles to analyze metrics and perform necessary actions, such as logging success or failure messages, to maintain network stability.

Prerequisites

This feature has no prerequisites to feature enablement or usage.

In this section:

  1. Creating and Modifying an IP Performance Metrics Profile
    IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) is enabled by default. However, the monitoring of metrics is based on the test profiles configured. You must create a test profile in order to use IPPM.
  2. Configuring a Watcher and Monitoring an IP Performance Metrics Profile
    You can configure a watcher profile to analyze the result metrics for an IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) profile and perform specified actions.
  3. Static Routes with IPPM
  4. Tracking a Static Route against a Watcher Profile
    You can track selected static routes against a watcher profile so that if the IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) profile associated with the watcher profile fails due to reachability issues, an alternative route can be enabled. This ensures network stability and failover.
  5. Using Boolean Operations to Track Static Routes with Watcher Profiles
    You can configure a watcher profile to monitor IP performance metrics (IPPM) and take specific actions based on the results using boolean conditions.
  6. Displaying IP Performance Metrics and Watcher Statistics
    You can use various show commands to view information for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) and watcher profiles.
Parent topic: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance