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Chapter 2 RMON Configuration

When configuring RMON, go to these sections for information you are interested in:

RMON Configuration

Displaying RMON

RMON Configuration Example

2.1 Introduction to RMON

Remote Monitoring (RMON) is a kind of MIB defined by Internet Engineering Task

Force (IETF). It is an important enhancement made to MIB II standards. RMON is

mainly used to monitor the data traffic across a network segment or even the entire

network, and is currently a commonly used network management standard.

An RMON system comprises of two parts: the network management station (NMS) and

the agents running on network devices. RMON agents operate on network monitors or

network probes to collect and keep track of the statistics of the traffic across the

network segments to which their ports connect, such as the total number of the packets

on a network segment in a specific period of time and the total number of packets

successfully sent to a specific host.

RMON is fully based on SNMP architecture. It is compatible with the current

SNMP implementations.

RMON enables SNMP to monitor remote network devices more effectively and

actively, thus providing a satisfactory means of monitoring remote subnets.

With RMON implemented, the communication traffic between NMS and SNMP

agents can be reduced, thus facilitating the management of large-scale

internetworks.

RMON allows multiple monitors. It can collect data in the following two ways:

Using the dedicated RMON probes. When an RMON system operates in this way,

the NMS directly obtains management information from the RMON probes and

controls the network resources. In this case, all information in the RMON MIB can

be obtained.

Chapter 2 RMON Configuration

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