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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
 
Chapter 78      Configuring Cisco IOS IP SLA Operations
Configuring IP SLAs Operations
To disable the IP SLAs operation, enter the no ip sla operation-number global configuration command. 
This example shows how to configure an ICMP echo IP SLAs operation:
Switch(config)# ip sla 12 
Switch(config-ip-sla)# icmp-echo 172.29.139.134 
Switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# frequency 30 
Switch(config-ip-sla-echo)# exit 
Switch(config)# ip sla schedule 5 start-time now life forever 
Switch(config)# end
Switch# show ip sla configuration 22
IP SLAs, Infrastructure Engine-II.
Entry number: 12
Owner:
Tag:
Type of operation to perform: echo
Target address: 2.2.2.2
Source address: 0.0.0.0
Request size (ARR data portion): 28
Operation timeout (milliseconds): 5000
Type Of Service parameters: 0x0
Verify data: No
Vrf Name:
Schedule:
    Operation frequency (seconds): 60
Step 6
Switch(config)# ip sla 
schedule operation-number 
[life {forever | seconds}] 
[start-time {hh:mm [:ss] 
[month day | day month] | 
pending | now | after 
hh:mm:ss] [ageout seconds] 
[recurring] 
Configures the scheduling parameters for an individual IP SLAs operation. 
• operation-number—Enter the RTR entry number.
• (Optional) life—Set the operation to run indefinitely (forever) or for a 
specific number of seconds. The range is from 0 to 2147483647. The 
default is 3600 seconds (1 hour)
• (Optional) start-time—Enter the time for the operation to begin collecting 
information:
–
To start at a specific time, enter the hour, minute, second (in 24-hour 
notation), and day of the month. If no month is entered, the default is 
the current month.
–
Enter pending to select no information collection until a start time is 
selected.
–
Enter now to start the operation immediately.
–
Enter after hh:mm:ss to indicate that the operation should start after 
the entered time has elapsed.
• (Optional) ageout seconds—Enter the number of seconds to keep the 
operation in memory when it is not actively collecting information. The 
range is 0 to 2073600 seconds; the default is 0 seconds (never ages out). 
• (Optional) recurring—Set the operation to automatically run every day.
Step 7
Switch(config)# end
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 8
Switch# show ip sla 
configuration 
[operation-number] 
(Optional) Displays configuration values including all defaults for all IP SLAs 
operations or a specified operation.
Step 9
Switch# copy running-config 
startup-config
(Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file.
Command Purpose