Cisco Systems 5, NAM manual Setting Voice Signaling Thresholds

Chapter 2 Setting Up The NAM Traffic Analyzer

Alarms

Table 2-20 RTP Streams Thresholds (continued)

Field	Description
RTP Stream Metrics	Choose a metric from the list:
	• Jitter: Variation of packet arrival time compare to expected arrival time.
	• Adjusted packet loss percent: Percent of packet loss which includes
	packets actually lost and packets that arrived beyond the NAM
	expected buffering capability of the endpoint.
	• Actual packet loss percent: Percent of packets that the NAM has never
	seen.
	• MOS: Mean opinion score that is composed of both jitter and adjusted
	packet loss.
	• Concealment seconds: Number of seconds in which the NAM detected
	packets lost.
	• Severe concealment seconds: Number of seconds in which the NAM
	detected packets lost of more than 5%.
	Enter a Rising threshold and a Falling threshold.
Add Metrics (button)	Click the Add Metrics button to add another row.
Delete (button)	Click the Delete button to remove that Metrics row.

Note If you leave a selection blank, it means that that parameter will not be considered. If you select “Any”, it will use any of the selections for that parameter, if encountered.

Step 4 Click Submit to set the thresholds, click Reset to reset the thresholds to their default value, or click Cancel to remove any changes you might have made.

Step 5 When finished, click Submit.

Setting Voice Signaling Thresholds

You can set up the NAM to monitor voice call quality. When Cisco Call Manager’s call detail records option is enabled, Cisco IP phones, both SCCP and SIP, will report the call’s jitter and packet loss at the end of the call. The NAM intercepts this information and raises an alarm when the alarm condition crosses the rising threshold.

To set up a voice signaling threshold:

Step 1 Choose Setup > Alarms > Thresholds.

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