Collaboration application example

The following is an example of collaboration between NQA, Track, and static routing.

Configure a static route with next hop 192.168.0.88 on the device. If the next hop is reachable, the static route is valid. If the next hop becomes unreachable, the static route is invalid. For this purpose, configure NQA-Track-static routing collaboration as follows:

  1. Create an NQA operation to monitor the accessibility of IP address 192.168.0.88.

  2. Create a track entry and associate it with the NQA operation.

    • When next hop 192.168.0.88 is reachable, NQA sends the result to the Track module. The Track module sets the track entry to positive state.

    • When the next hop becomes unreachable, NQA sends the result to the Track module. The Track module sets the track entry to negative state.

  3. Associate the track entry with the static route.

    • When the track entry is in positive state, the static routing module considers the static route to be valid.

    • When the track entry is in negative state, the static routing module considers the static route to be invalid.