Configuring Rmon; Understanding Rmon - Cisco WS-C3750-48PS-S Software Configuration Manual

Configuring RMON

This chapter describes how to configure Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) on the Catalyst 3750
switch. Unless otherwise noted, the term switch refers to a standalone switch and to a switch stack.
RMON is a standard monitoring specification that defines a set of statistics and functions that can be
exchanged between RMON-compliant console systems and network probes. RMON provides you with
comprehensive network-fault diagnosis, planning, and performance-tuning information.
For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, refer to the "System
Note
Management Commands" section in the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference,
Release 12.2.
This chapter consists of these sections:
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Understanding RMON

RMON is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard monitoring specification that allows
various network agents and console systems to exchange network monitoring data. You can use the
RMON feature with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent in the switch to monitor
all the traffic flowing among switches on all connected LAN segments as shown in
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Understanding RMON, page 28-1
Configuring RMON, page 28-2
Displaying RMON Status, page 28-6
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