Please read INSTALL for installation instructions.

The scripts in the bin directory contain the POD documentation. To read it use
	%SAA_fetchstart.pl -man
or
	%pod2man SAA_fetchstart.pl | nroff -man | more

SAA_fetchstart.pl contains the main docs.

SAA_fetchstart and the related scripts in this archive form an interface between a MRTG host and a Cisco IOS device running SAA (formerly RTR). The scripts allow to include the results of SAA round trip time and loss measurements in MRTG.

The applications for this code are:
- MRTG latency monitoring of network paths, which don't 
  include an MRTG host (but a Cisco)
- Advanced latency and loss measurements in MRTG e.g. 
  TCP connect, DNS/DHCP, "precedence-colored" pings 
- Statistical latency values monitoring - e.g. average/
  median/standard deviation of latency, loss percentage,
  path availability etc.
- Scaling of MRTG installations with excessive MRTG host 
  CPU loads or ping traffic by offloading work to Ciscos
- Consolidation of MRTG installations with multiple MRTG 
  hosts

joerg.kummer at roche.com
15/1/04