PING synthetic monitor confirms the network accessibility of a chosen host. The synthetics send ICMP packets to the host and measures the response time and availability of the host. The host is considered Up after receiving all packets sent by the web probe.

The PING synthetic monitor measures the PING response time and percentage of packet loss.

Configure parameters of PING synthetic monitor

After selecting the synthetic monitor type to PING, enter the follwoing details:

SectionField NameDescriptionValues/ExampleField Type
PING ConfigurationHostEnter the IP address/host name of the synthetics. It should be accessible from Gateway.
  • 10.1.2.3
  • www.google.com
Text
Connection TimeoutMaximum time-out to connect to the FTP server.
  • Default value: not NULL
  • Valid values: 1 - 540 seconds
  • Example: 180
String
LocationsPublic LocationsSelect the public locations where the monitor will run.Example: Public1Checkbox
Private LocationsSelect the private locations where the monitor will run.Example: Private1Checkbox

After configuring, navigate to Infrastructure > Resources > Web Services > Synthetic to view the metrics and graphical representations for more information.

Metrics Graphical Representation

Graphical Representation

Supported metrics

Metric NameDescriptionUnits
availability.down.location.count

Location Count. Number of locations where the configured host is down.-
synthetic.response.time

Response time. Duration to send and receive packets from the configured host.milliseconds
ping.pl.check

Percentage of packets lost while pinging.percent