9: Performance Assurance Agent
PAA configuration
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PAA
parameters
General
Name
Specify a unique name to identify this probe.
Type
Select the type of probe.
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layer-2:
Probes occurs at layer 2.
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UDP:
Probe occurs using UDP.
Operation Mode
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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) nor the 4
CRC bytes. Minimum value is 61. Layer-2 maximum value is 1500. UDP maximum value is
1472.
Sampling Period
Set the interval (in milliseconds) at which the probe issues measurement packets.
PAA state
Select this checkbox to enable the probe.
Layer-2 Parameters
Destination MAC address
Specify the peer’s 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
Select the outgoing port.
VLAN 1 Encapsulation
Select this checkbox to enable encapsulation on VLAN 1.
VLAN 2 Encapsulation
Select this checkbox to enable encapsulation on VLAN 1.
VLAN 1 ID
Set the ID to use for VLAN 1.
VLAN 2 ID
Set the ID to use for VLAN 2.
VLAN 1 Priority
First VLAN priority bits. This applies only if the outgoing interface is encapsulated over a
VLAN.
