Quality Of Service; Statistics; Management Platforms - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 6000 Installation & User Manual

Features

Quality of Service

Although the 6SSRM-02 supplies non-blocking high-speed throughput, you can configure the
6SSRM-02 to apply Quality of Service (QoS) policies during peak periods to guarantee service to
specific hosts, applications, and flows (source-destination pairs). This is especially useful in
networks where the traffic level can exceed the network medium's capacity.
The 6SSRM-02 QoS is based on four queues: control, high, medium, and low. Control traffic has
the highest priority, high the second highest, and so on. The default priority for all traffic is low.
You can configure QoS policies for the following types of traffic:
• Layer-2 prioritization (802.1p)
• Layer-3 and Layer-4 application flows

Statistics

The 6SSRM-02 can provide extensive statistical data on demand. You can access the following
types of statistics:
• Layer-2 RMON and MIB II Statistics – Port statistics for normal packets and for errors (packets
in, packets out, CRC errors, and so on)
• Layer-3 RMON v2 Statistics – Statistics for ICMP, IP, IP-interface, IP routing, IP multicast,
VLAN
• Layer-4 RMON v2 Statistics – Statistics for TCP and UDP

Management Platforms

You can manage the 6SSRM-02 using the following management platforms:
• Command Line Interface (CLI) – An EMACs editor-like interface that accepts typed
commands and responds when applicable with messages or tables. You will use the CLI to
perform the basic setup procedures described in Chapter 3 of this guide.
• CoreWatch – Cabletron Systems' Java-based device management software. CoreWatch
provides a graphical interface to the 6SSRM-02, providing most of the same monitoring and
control features as the CLI.
• SNMP MIBs and traps – The 6SSRM-02 supports SNMP v1 and many standard networking
MIBs. You can access the 6SSRM-02's SNMP agent using Cabletron Systems integration
software for HP OpenView 5.x on Windows NT or Solaris 2.x, or Cabletron Systems Spectrum
1-8 Introduction