To enable an SLA use the following commands: Router(config)#ip sla 1 Router(config-ip-sla)#icmp-echo 10.0.0.2 source-ip 10.0.0.1 Router(config-ip-sla-echo)#frequency 5 Router(config-ip-sla-echo)#threshold 300 Router(config-ip-sla-echo)#history filter all Router(config-ip-sla-echo)#history buckets-kept 6 Router(config-ip-sla-echo)#history lives-kept 1
The output of show ip sla summary can be useful in determining connection issues based on number of dropped pings.
