user manual
Table Of Contents
- User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor
- Contents
- Preface
- Overview of IPM
- Getting Started With IPM
- Using IPM to Measure Network Performance
- Measuring Network Performance for DHCP
- Measuring Network Performance for DLSw
- Measuring Network Performance for DNS
- Measuring Network Performance for HTTP
- Measuring Network Performance for FTP
- Measuring Network Performance for IP
- Measuring Network Performance for SNA
- Measuring Network Performance for TCP
- Measuring Network Performance for UDP
- Measuring Network Performance for Enhanced UDP
- Modifying IPM Components
- Working With Source Devices
- Working With Target Devices
- Working With Operations
- Working With Collectors
- Adding Components Using Seed Files
- Changing IP Addresses
- Setting the Baseline
- Setting IPM Database Preferences
- Setting SNMP Timeout and Retry Environment Variables
- Setting New IPM Server Process Timeout Values
- Setting the DISPLAY Variable in Solaris
- Backing Up or Restoring the IPM Database
- NVRAM Settings
- Managed Source Interface Settings
- Changing Administrative Password
- Changing IPM Database Password
- Working With Message Log Window
- Working With IPM From the CiscoWorks Homepage
- Accessing IPM Data From the CiscoWorks Homepage
- Viewing IPM Server Information
- Importing Devices From Device and Credential Repository
- Downloading the IPM Client
- Viewing Configuration Information
- Viewing Latency Data
- Viewing Jitter Data
- Viewing HTTP Data
- Accessing Software Updates and Additional Information
- IPM FAQs and Troubleshooting Tips
- IPM Command Reference
- SA Agent Feature Mapping
- Glossary
- Index
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Using IPM to Measure Network Performance
This chapter provides details on using IPM to measure latency, jitter, availability, packet loss, and errors.
It includes the following sections:
• Measuring Network Performance for DHCP
• Measuring Network Performance for DLSw
• Measuring Network Performance for DNS
• Measuring Network Performance for HTTP
• Measuring Network Performance for FTP
• Measuring Network Performance for IP
• Measuring Network Performance for SNA
• Measuring Network Performance for TCP
• Measuring Network Performance for UDP
• Measuring Network Performance for Enhanced UDP
You can zoom in on any of the graphs by clicking and dragging over the area of the graph you want to
enlarge. To return to the normal view, click anywhere outside the graph.
For the IPM Operations, the IPM Request size does not include the size of the headers added by the
respective layers. The header size varies according to the type of the RTR probe.Overhead added by
different layers:
• TCP Layer - 20 bytes.
• UDP Layer - 8 bytes.
• IP Layer - 20 to 60 bytes.
• ICMP Layer - 8 Bytes.
• RTR/SAA - 8 bytes