9: Performance Assurance Agent
PAA parameters
General
Name
Name of the PAA probe.
Type
Indicates the type of probe. Possible values are Layer-2 or udp.
Operation mode
Indicates if a probe generates (Source) or collects (Sink) measurement packets or does both (Bi-Dir).
Packet size
Size of PAA sample packets. Does not include protocol headers (UDP, IP, Ethernet) or the 4 CRC bytes. Minimum value
is 61. Layer-2 maximum value is 1500. UDP maximum value is 1472.
Sampling period
Interval at which PAA issues PAA measurement packets.
Enable PAA probe
Enable or disable the PAA probe.
Local and Peer Indexes
Local Index
Specifies the local identifier for the probe. For add command, omitting the local identifier or specifying 0 means allocate
any free local identifier.
Remote Index
Specifies the remote peer identifier. When 0 is specified, the remote peer identifier is discovered dynamically based on
the probe name by an association phase.
Layer-2 specific parameters
Destination MAC address
The peer MAC address. When set to FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF, Layer-2 peer address discovery will be done to automatically
find the peer MAC address.
Port name
Indicates the outgoing port used by this probe.
VLAN 1 ID
First VLAN ID. When enabled, layer-2 PAA packets are encapsulated into the specified VLAN ID.
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