HP 5820X Switch - Enabling the NQA Client; Creating an NQA Test Group; Configuring an NQA Test Group; Configuring ICMP Echo Tests

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Enabling the NQA client
Configurations on the NQA client only take effect when the NQA client is enabled.
To enable the NQA client:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view —
2. Enable the NQA client.
nqa agent enable
Optional.
Enabled by default.
Creating an NQA test group
Create an NQA test group before you configure NQA tests.
To do… Use the command… Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view —
2. Create an NQA test group
and enter the NQA test group
view.
nqa entry admin-name operation-
tag
Required.
In the NQA test group view, you
can specify the test type.
You can use the nqa entry
command to enter the test type
view of an NQA test group with
test type configured.
Configuring an NQA test group
Configuring ICMP echo tests
ICMP echo tests of an NQA test group are used to test reachability of a destination host according to the
ICMP echo response information. An ICMP echo test has the same function as the ping command but
provides more output information. In addition, you can specify the next hop for ICMP echo tests. ICMP
echo tests are used to locate connectivity problems in a network.
To configure ICMP echo tests:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view —
2. Enter NQA test group view.
nqa entry admin-name operation-
tag
—
3. Configure the test type as
ICMP echo and enter test type
view.
type icmp-echo Required.
4. Configure the destination
address of ICMP echo
requests.
destination ip ip-address
Required.
By default, no destination IP
address is configured.