Configure the probe type—an echo probe or a path
echo probe.
(Optional) Configure probe characteristics:
frequency
hops-of-statistics-kept (path echo)
max-response-failure (path echo)
operations-per-hop (path echo)
owner
receive-interface
request-data-size
samples-of-history-kept
tag
timeout (echo)
tos
Note:
You cannot set any of these characteristics until you have set
the probe type. The default values of these characteristics depend
on the type of the entry.
(Optional) Set reaction conditions.
Schedule the probe.
(Optional) Capture statistics and collect error information.