beacon (multicast routing monitor)
To change the frequency, duration, or scope of beacon messages that the Manager sends to Test Senders and Test Receivers during a Multicast Routing Monitor (MRM) test, use the beacon command in MRM manager configuration mode. To restore the default settings, use the no form of this command.
beacon [interval seconds] [holdtime seconds] [ttl ttl-value]
no beacon [interval seconds] [holdtime seconds] [ttl ttl-value]
Syntax Description
interval seconds |
(Optional) Specifies the frequency of beacon messages (in seconds). The range is from 1 to 1800. By default, beacon messages are sent at an interval of 60 seconds, meaning that one beacon message is sent every 60 seconds. |
holdtime seconds |
(Optional) Specifies the length of the test period (in seconds). The Test Sender and Test Receiver are respectively sending and receiving test data constantly during the hold time. The range is from 1800 to 4294967295. By default, the duration of a test period is 86400 seconds (1 day). |
ttl ttl-value |
(Optional) Specifies the time-to-live (TTL) value of the beacon messages. The range is from 1 to 255. By default, the TTL for beacon messages is 32 hops. |
Command Default
Beacon messages are sent at an interval of 60 seconds. The duration of a test period is 86400 seconds (1 day). The TTL for beacon messages is 32 hops.
Command Modes
MRM manager configuration (config-mrm-manager)
Command History
Release |
Modification |
---|---|
12.0(5)S |
This command was introduced. |
12.0(5)T |
This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.0(5)T. |
12.2(33)SRA |
This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRA. |
12.2SX |
This command is supported in the Cisco IOS Release 12.2SX train. Support in a specific 12.2SX release of this train depends on your feature set, platform, and platform hardware. |
Usage Guidelines
The beacon message functions like a keepalive message. The Manager multicasts beacon messages to the Test Sender and Test Receiver. Beacon messages include the sender requests and receiver requests to start the test, thus providing redundancy in case the Test Sender or Test Receiver goes down.
Examples
The following example shows how to customize the Manager to send beacon messages every 30 minutes (1800 seconds), for a test period of 12 hours (43,200 seconds), with a TTL of 40 hops:
ip mrm manager test
beacon interval 1800 holdtime 43200 ttl 40