Rmon; What Is Rmon - 3Com 3C16685 User Manual

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This appendix describes the concept of RMON and how it is
implemented in the Dual Speed Hub 500. It contains the following
topics:
Overview of RMON and its benefits
RMON features of the Dual Speed Hub 500

What is RMON?

Using the RMON (Remote Monitoring) capabilities of your Dual
Speed Hub 500 allows network administrators to improve their
efficiency and reduce the load on their network.
The following sections explain more about the RMON concept and
the RMON features supported by the unit.
You can only use the RMON features of the unit if you have an
RMON management application, such as the RMON application
supplied with 3Com's Transcend
browser.
RMON is the common abbreviation for the Remote Monitoring MIB
(Management Information Base), a system defined by the IETF
documents RFC 1271 and RFC 1757, which allows you to monitor
LANs remotely. The Dual Speed Hub 500 supports RMON Version 1.
A typical RMON setup consists of two components:
The RMON probe — an intelligent, remotely-controlled device
or software agent that continually collects statistics about a LAN
segment or VLAN, and transfers the information to a
management workstation on request or when a pre-defined
threshold is crossed.
The management workstation — communicates with the
RMON probe and collects the statistics from it. The workstation
does not have to be on the same network as the probe and can
manage the probe by in-band or out-of-band connections.

RMON

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Enterprise Manager, or using a MIB