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Resource Model Reference

High Ping

This indication is sent when a high amount of datagrams is being received compared to the number of segments, which is common when a system is being pinged excessively.

The indication has the following attributes:

DGReceivedSec
The number of datagrams received per second

SegmentsRcvdSec
The number of segments received per second

DGSentSec
The number of datagrams being sent per second

SegmentsSentSec
The number of segments being sent per second

DGSec
The number of datagrams transmitted per second

SegmentsSec
The number of segments transmitted per second

The indication is generated when the following thresholds are exceeded:

Threshold Description Default
Low Segments (LowSegments) This threshold indicates the minimum TCP segments per second. This threshold, used with the Moderate DG threshold, determines whether a system is receiving a high number of pings. 10
Moderate DG (ModerateDG) This threshold indicates when the rate of datagrams per second are moderate. This should not be treated as a threshold indicating a high amount of datagrams, but as one that indicates an above normal threshold. 60

The following table shows the default settings for this indication:


Setting Default
Send indications to Tivoli Enterprise Console Yes
Send indications to Tivoli Business Systems Manager No
Occurrences 6
Holes 1


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