# ICMP Job

ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is one of the main protocols of the TCP/IP suite. ICMP is used by network devices to send error messages or to relay query messages.

# ICMP Job Configuration

Field	Description
Configuration Name	Name of the configuration.
Collection	Name of the collection you want to use.
Metric Name	Name of the metric you want to use.
ping Type	Type of ping request.
Request Timeout, seconds	Time Axibase Collector waits for the response before the request expires.
Failure Retests	Number of attempts to re-establish the connection.
Failure Retest Delay, seconds	Delay between attempts to re-establish the connection.
ICMP Request TTL, seconds	Request time to live value in seconds.
Packets Size, bytes	Size of packets to transfer.
IP Version	Version on IP protocol.

# Configuration Example

The image below shows ICMP configuration example.