Operation Manual – NQA
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 NQA Configuration
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Chapter 1 NQA Configuration
When configuring NQA, go to these sections for information you are interested in:
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NQA Overview
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NQA Configuration Task List
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Configuring the NQA Server
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Enabling the NQA Client
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Creating an NQA Test Group
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Configuring an NQA Test Group
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Configuring the Collaboration Function
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Configuring Trap Delivery
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Configuring Optional Parameters Common to an NQA Test Group
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Scheduling an NQA Test Group
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Displaying and Maintaining NQA
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NQA Configuration Examples
1.1 NQA Overview
1.1.1 Introduction to NQA
Network Quality Analyzer (NQA) analyzes network performance, services and service
quality through sending test packets, and provides you with network performance and
service quality parameters such as jitter, TCP connection delay, FTP connection delay
and file transfer rate.
With the NQA test results, you can:
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Know network performance in time and then take corresponding measures.
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Diagnose and locate network faults.
1.1.2 Features of NQA
I. Supporting multiple test types
Ping can use only the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) to test the reachability
of the destination host and the roundtrip time of a packet to the destination. NQA is an
enhanced Ping tool used for testing the performance of protocols running on networks.
At present, NQA supports nine test types: ICMP-echo, DHCP, FTP, HTTP, UDP-jitter,
SNMP, TCP, UDP-echo and DLSw.
In an NQA test, the client sends different types of test packets to the peer to detect the
availability and the response time of the peer, helping you know protocol availability
and network performance based on the test results.