Version

Argent Advanced Technology 3.1A-1404-T3 or earlier

Date

Thursday, 5 June 2014

Summary

System Down Rule is enhanced in Argent AT 3.1A-1404-T3 with Ping Blast option to test Packet Loss and Packet Latency

It is very useful for testing slow or unreliable connections such as satellite link

Packet Loss Threshold can be specified in loss percentage as well as absolute number

Packet Latency is measured in milliseconds

And / Or logic can be used to create sophisticated Rules

Both Packet Loss and Packet Latency can be saved as Argent Predictor data

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Ping Blast option is also available in Advanced Cascaded Logic

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Technical Background

Ping Blast is implemented as concurrent ICMP Pings

The Rule allows customer to adjust some ICMP parameters such as TTL and Do Not Fragment Packet etc

Customer can check the PING.EXE usage to see more detail

Following is the screenshot of ‘PING /HELP‘:

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Resolution

Upgrade to Argent Advanced Technology 3.1A-1404-T3 or later