KBI 310953 New Feature: System Down Rule Is Enhanced With New Option Ping Blast’
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
Ping Blast option is also available in Advanced Cascaded Logic
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‘:
Resolution
Upgrade to Argent Advanced Technology 3.1A-1404-T3 or later