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Device Manager Guide, Cisco ACE 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance
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Chapter 14 Monitoring Your Network
Testing Ping
• Display the list of real servers, choose Monitor > Virtual Contexts > Loadbalancing > Real
Servers.
The Real Servers window appears with the table of configured virtual servers.
Step 2 From the servers table, check the check box next to the server whose topology map you want to display.
Step 3 From the servers window, click Topo logy.
The DM Topology window displays the topology map for the selected virtual or real server. For
information about using the topology map tools, see Table 14-14.
Step 4 (Optional) To close the topology map and return to the previous window, from the DM Topology
window, click Exit.
Testing Ping
Use the following steps to verify the ping command on a device.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Monitor > Virtual Contexts > context > Ping.
Step 2 Enter the information shown in Table 14-15.
Step 3 Click Start to run the connectivity test.
If ping fails, it may take up to 30 seconds before an error is returned. A future release will have a Cancel
button.
Step 4 After the test completes, the results are displayed. Do the following:
• Click New to enter new parameters and create a new ping test. After selecting New, the Start New
Test page displays. You may click Results if you want to review the results of the test you just
performed.
• Click Restart to rerun the connectivity test.
Related Topics
• Setting Up Virtual Contexts Statistics Collection, page 14-33
Table 14-15 Ping Fields
Field Description
IP Address Type Select either IPv4 or IPv6 for the address type of the real server.
IP Address Enter the IP address of the real server to which you want to ping.
Elapsed Time Elapsed time before the ping request is declared a failure.
Repeat Enter how many times to repeat the test.
Datagram Size Enter a value for the argument size (size of the packet) of the ping command.
Range is between 36 and 452.