Rmon Utilities; Table 9-3 Rmon Groups - SMC Networks EliteView 6.20 Management Manual

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RMON Utilities

The RMON Manager currently provides access to all nine RMON groups, as shown in the following table. Most
of SMC's intelligent products provide support for mini-RMON (which include Statistics, History, Alarms and
Events). This selection covers key information required to manage your network on a regular basis, and also
switches, and especially on all backbone switches. An external RMON probe that supports all nine RMON groups
can then be used for extended troubleshooting when needed.
Group
Statistics
History
Hosts
Host Top N
Matrix
Alarms
Events
Filters
Capture
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Table 9-3 RMON Groups

Description
Shows bandwidth utilization, counters for network traffic, errors and collisions, as well as packet size
distribution.
Periodically samples and saves information from the statistics group.
Maintains statistics on each host attached to the network device monitored by the probe.
Displays a specified subset of statistics for a selected number of top users.
Maintains statistics on traffic passing between node pairs.
Sets thresholds for RMON variables, which can subsequently trigger response events.
Defines the action to take when an alarm is triggered, including logging the alarm, generating a trap
message, or triggering a capture channel.
Filters a stream of packets that match the specified criteria.
Configures the buffers used to store packets generated from the Filter group.