Difference between ping options

[T_Arora]

I am trying ping to a server to see if its avaiable and need it on a graph.
i know how to display information on a graph.

can somone please tell me the differences between the key's:
1) agent.ping
2) icmppingloss
3) icmppingsec
4) icmpping
Also when do you use each one of them?

[HullZabbix]

I don't know about all of them but the two I use are agent.ping and icmpping[]

icmpping is a simple check - an agent is not needed on the host. I use this for monitoring remote systems we don't own.

agent.ping is an agent check - the zabbix agent is needed on each host you're monitoring.

[JBo]

I am trying ping to a server to see if its avaiable and need it on a graph.
i know how to display information on a graph.

can somone please tell me the differences between the key's:
1) agent.ping

This one uses Zabbix agent. It tells if Zabbix agent is up and running.
Obviously, it is only available on systems where Zabbix agent is installed.

2) icmppingloss
3) icmppingsec
4) icmpping
Also when do you use each one of them?

These three use ICMP Ping to check if an host can be joined.
icmpping just gives an OK/KO information, icmppingloss gives also packet loss rate and icmppingsec response time.

Regards,
JBo