Capturing Statistics and Collecting Error Information for the RTR Probe

The primary objective of RTR is to collect statistics and information about network performance. You can control the number and type of statistics collected using the hops-of-statistics-kept and max-response-failure commands.

Note: You cannot set any of these characteristics until you have set the probe type using the type command. The default values of these characteristics depend on the type of the entry.

To control the number and type of statistics collected:

• Set the number of hops per path for which statistics are collected.

  When the number of hops reaches the specified number (that is, size), no additional statistical information about the path is stored.

  To turn off this feature, set the value to 0.

  Note: This option applies only to pathEcho entries.

  host1(config-rtr)#hops-of-statistics-kept 5

  Use the no version to set the default, 16 hops.

• Set the maximum number of consecutive failures to respond to a probe’s request.

  When the maximum number is reached, the test stops.

  To turn off this feature, set the value to 0.

  Note: This option applies only to pathEcho entries.

  host1(config-rtr)#max-response-failure 2

  Use the no version to set the default, 5 consecutive failures.