Status Monitoring And Statistics; Rmon; What Is Rmon; The Rmon Groups - 3Com 3C17300-US Implementation Manual

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RMON

What is RMON?

The RMON Groups

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This chapter contains details of the features that assist you with status
monitoring and statistics.
For detailed descriptions of the web interface operations and the
command line interface (CLI) commands that you require to manage the
Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide
supplied in HTML format on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch.
Using the RMON capabilities of a Switch allows you to improve your
network efficiency and reduce the load on your network.
This section explains more about RMON. It covers the following topics:
What is RMON?
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Benefits of RMON
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RMON and the Switch
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RMON is a system defined by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
that allows you to monitor the traffic of LANs or VLANs.
RMON is an integrated part of the Switch software agent and 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 workstation does not have to be on
the same network as the Switch and can manage the Switch by in-band
or out-of-band connections.
The IETF define groups of Ethernet RMON statistics. This section describes
the four groups supported by the Switch 4200 Family, and details how
you can use them.
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