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Remote Monitoring (RMON)
Remote Monitoring provides a cost-effective way to monitor large
networks by placing embedded or external probes on distributed
network equipment (hubs, switches or routers). RMON has already
become a valuable tool for network managers faced with a quickly
changing network landscape that contains dozens to hundreds of
separate segments. RMON is the only way to retain control of the
network and analyze applications running at multi-megabit
speeds. It provides the tools you need to implement either reactive
or proactive policies that can keep your network running based on
real-time access to key statistical information.
This switch provides support for mini-RMON which contains the
four key groups required for basic remote monitoring. These
groups include:
Statistics: Includes all the tools needed to monitor your network
for common errors and overall traffic rates. Information is
provided on bandwidth utilization, peak utilization, packet types,
errors and collisions, as well as the distribution of packet sizes.
History: Can be used to create a record of network utilization,
packet types, errors and collisions. You need a historical record of
activity to be able to track down intermittent or recurring
problems. Historical data can also be used to establish normal
baseline activity, which may reveal problems associated with high
traffic levels, broadcast storms, or other unusual events. Historical
information can also be used to predict network growth and to
plan for expansion before your network becomes overloaded.
Alarms: Can be set to test data over any specified time interval,
and can monitor absolute or changing values (such as a statistical
counter reaching a specific value, or a statistic changing by a
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