NPS Accounting Client Test
This test monitors the accounting-requests sent and accounting-responses received by the RADIUS clients from the NPS servers.
Target of the test : An NPS server
Agent deploying the test : An internal agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for every NPS server that is being monitored
| Parameters | Description |
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Test period |
This indicates how often should the test be executed. |
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Host |
The host for which the test is to be configured. |
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Port |
The port at which the NPS server listens. The default is NULL. |
| Measurement | Description | Measurement Unit | Interpretation |
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Packets sent |
Indicates the rate at which packets were sent by this client. |
Packets/Sec |
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Packets received |
Indicates the rate at which this RADIUS client received packets. |
Packets/Sec |
When viewed along with the Packets sent measure, this measure serves as a good indicator of the traffic that originated from a client. |
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Packets dropped |
Indicates the rate at which incoming packets were silently discarded for a reason other than being malformed, bad authenticators, or unknown types. |
Packets/Sec |
A consistent increase in the value of this measure is a cause for concern, and might warrant further investigation. |
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Malformed packets |
Indicates the rate at which malformed packets were received; bad authenticators or unknown types are not included in this count. |
Packets/Sec |
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Unknown packets |
Indicates the rate at which packets of an unknown type were received. |
Packets/Sec |
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No record packets |
Indicates the rate at which RADIUS Accounting-Request packets were received and responded to but not recorded. |
Records/Sec |
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Accounting requests |
Indicates the rate at which RADIUS Accounting-Requests were sent by this client on the accounting port. |
Reqs/Sec |
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Accounting responses |
Indicates the rate at which RADIUS Accounting-Response packets were sent to this client on the accounting port. |
Reqs/Sec |
The Accounting requests and Accounting responses measures serve as effective indicators of the workload on the client. |
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Duplicate requests |
Indicates the rate at which duplicate RADIUS Accounting-Request packets were received from this client. |
Reqs/Sec |
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Bad authenticators |
Indicates the rate at which Accounting-Requests containing invalid signature attributes were received. |
Reqs/Sec |
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