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The Link Monitor object allows you to monitor a link for a specific interface and belongs to a link detection group. Link Monitor verifies transport on a specific interface via Layer 3 ICMP/ARP/NUD to a specific destination, or monitors the Media Independent Interface (MII) state for the physical port.

A new Link Monitor is created on an interface for link verification. The Link Monitor is provided with a destination to use for link verification as well as the Link Detection Group to which it belongs. The Link Monitor is responsible for pinging that destination, processing responses and determining when the interface should be considered failed. It reports such failures to its Link Detection Group. The active and standby SBC should be connected to different physical hardware (that is, switches) to avoid a single point of failure.

Each Link Monitor that is configured can also be configured with unique values for

the

the Verify Timer, Response Timer, Reattempt Timer,

and

and Retries. If configured, these values override the values configured for the Link Detection Group.

Each Link Monitor will set

a

a timer while waiting to perform its next verification. The timeout for this timer is based on the

configured

configured Verify Timer value. When a ping is in progress and the Link Monitor is awaiting the response from the destination, a timer is set based on the

configured

configured Response Timer value. When the response times out and the Link Monitor retries,

the

the Reattempt Timer value is used while waiting for the response.

When the number of consecutive failures reaches

the

the Retries value, the Link Monitor considers the link verification as failed and reports this to its Link Detection Group.

While in the failed state, the Link Monitor will continue to attempt to ping the destination so that the failed condition can eventually clear. This is done at the rate specified by

the

the Verify Timer.

The Link Monitor also supports a NULL destination (0.0.0.0), which disables the link verification for that interface. The interface is still considered failed if there is a hardware failure.

To View Link Monitor Objects

On the SBC main screen, go

to

to Configuration

>

 > System Provisioning

> Category

 > Category: Base

Provisioning

Provisioning >

Link

 Link Detection Group

> Link

 > Link Monitor. The Link Monitor window opens. Use the drop-down lists to filter

by

by Address Context

and

 and Link Detection Group. 

Info
titleNote:

The columns that appear in this window and the configuration options available for the Link Monitor object depend on your environment. See the Link Monitor parameter table for the dependencies.

Figure 1: Link Monitor


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To Create a Link Monitor 

To create a new Link Monitor:

  1. Select
the
  1. the Address Context
and
  1.  and Link Detection Group
with
  1.  with which you want to associate the Link Monitor. The option to create a Link Monitor becomes available.
Click

  1. Click New Link Monitor. The Create

New Link

  1. New Link Monitor window is displayed.

Figure 2: Create New Link Monitor Window - Example
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  2. Use the following table to enter values and click Save.

Table 1:


Link Monitor Parameters:

Parameter

Length/Range

Description

Name

Up to 23 characters

Specifies

Enter the name of the Link Monitor for this Link

Monitor

Detection Group.

Physical Port

N/A

Physical port associated with the IP interface to

be monitored

monitor. In a redundancy configuration,

pkt0P

Pkt0P is paired with

pkt0S

Pkt0S and

pkt1P

Pkt1P is paired with

pkt1S

Pkt1S.

pkt0P –
  • Pkt0P – Primary packet 0 port.
pkt0S –
  • Pkt0S – Secondary packet 0 port.
pkt1P –
  • Pkt1P – Primary packet 1 port.
pkt1S –
  • Pkt1S – Secondary packet 1 port.

Anchor
Note for Physical Port
Note for Physical Port

Info
titleNote

This parameter is only visible

on

on 

Spacevars
0series2

systems

 systems and D-SBC systems on OpenStack with support for packet port redundancy (must have four packet ports configured). 


IP Interface Group
Specifies the name of the
N/AChoose the IP Interface Group to
be monitored
monitor.
IP Interface

N/A

Specifies

Select the

name of the

IP or management interface to

be monitored

monitor.

Info
titleNote

Configure the IP or MGMT interface

can be configured, depending

based on the type

that is

configured for the Link Detection Group.


Destination

Specifies

IP address format

Enter the destination IP address for link verification.

Info
titleNote
The

Ensure the Destination IP address

must be

is within the same subnet as the source interface.


Verify Timer

1000-60000

The

Specifies the

time interval (in milliseconds) between link verification attempts.

Default = 1000

Response Timer

Specifies

500-10000

Specify the time to wait (in milliseconds) for a response to a link verification attempt.

Default = 500

Reattempt
Timer

Specifies

300-10000

Specify the time to wait (in milliseconds) for a response to a link verification re-attempt.

Default = 1000

Retries

Specifies

1-10

Specify the number of retries before the link verification is considered failed.

State

Specifies the

N/A

The administrative state for this Link Monitor.

  • Disabled (default)
  • Enabled
Probe On Standby

N/A

Use this option to enable/disable probing of the standby port for the specified Link Monitor.

  • Disabled
–
  •  – Use this option to disable probing of the standby port when the router does not respond properly to the ARP/NUD probes, such as
scenarios
  •  scenarios where the destination router does not support RFC5227 and cannot reply to the ARP probe. For additional details, see the "Link Detection Support" topic
in
or

NOTE: This

flag

field is only visible

on 

on the

Spacevars
0series2

systems

and D-SBC systems on

Openstack

OpenStack with

4

four packet ports.

Probe On Standby SWe

N/A

Use this option to enable/disable probing of the standby port for the specified Link Monitor on SBC SWe systems with two packet ports.

  • Disabled
–
  •  – Use this option to disable probing of the standby port when the router does not respond properly to the ARP/NUD probes, such as
scenarios
  •  scenarios where the destination router does not support RFC5227 and cannot reply to the ARP probe.
For
  •  For additional details, see the "Link Detection Support" topic
in
Enabled
  • Enabled (default) – Use this option to allow probing of the standby port.

NOTE:

This flag

 This field is only visible

on 

on the 

Spacevars
0product2

systems

 systems with 2 packet ports.

Bfd Profile
The name of
N/ASelect the BFD profile to associate with this Link Monitor configuration to monitor links on active ports.


If
Info
titleNote
 

 If the Link Detection Group

should take

takes precedence over

Link Monitoring

link monitoring, delete

the

any Link Monitor timers

from

in the

Link Monitor

configuration.

To Edit a Link Monitor

To edit any of the Link Monitors in the list:

  1. Click the radio button next to the specific Link Monitor name. The Edit Selected Link Monitor window opens.
  2. Make the required changes and click Save.

To Copy a Link Monitor

To copy any of the Link Monitors in the list:

  1. Click the radio button next to the specific Link Monitor to copy.
Click
  1. Click Copy Link Monitor. The Copy Selected Link Monitor window opens.
  2. Make the required changes and click Save.

To Delete a Link Monitor

To delete any of the Link Monitors in the list: 

  1. Click the radio button next to the specific Link Monitor to delete.
  2. Click the delete icon (X) at the end of the row.
  3. Confirm the deletion when prompted.