Entry contains ping parameters and results. A management station wishing to create an entry should first generate a pseudo-random serial number to be used as the index to a ping entry. The station should then create the associated entry. We must set all specifies valid values for the non-defaulted configuration objects, certainly, it should also modify the default values for the other configuration objects if the defaults are not appropriate. Once the appropriate instance of all the configuration objects have been created or set,the row status should be set to active to initiate the request. Once the ping sequence has been activated, it cannot be stopped packets have been sent. Once the sequence completes, the management station should retrieve the values of the status objects of interest, and should then delete the entry. In order to prevent old entries from clogging the table, entries will be aged out, but an entry will never be deleted within 5 minutes of completing.