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| Basic Administration Protocols
Remote Monitoring
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CONFIGURING RMON
STATISTICAL SAMPLES
Use the Administration > RMON (Configure Interface - Add - Statistics)
page to collect statistics on a port, which can subsequently be used to
monitor the network for common errors and overall traffic rates.
CLI REFERENCES
◆ "Remote Monitoring Commands" on page 793
COMMAND USAGE
◆ If statistics collection is already enabled on an interface, the entry must
be deleted before any changes can be made.
◆ The information collected for each entry includes:
input octets, packets, broadcast packets, multicast packets, undersize
packets, oversize packets, CRC alignment errors, jabbers, fragments,
collisions, drop events, and frames of various sizes.
PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:
◆ Port – The port number on the switch.
◆ Index - Index to this entry. (Range: 1-65535)
◆ Owner - Name of the person who created this entry. (Range: 1-127
characters)
WEB INTERFACE
To enable regular sampling of statistics on a port:
1. Click Administration, RMON.
2. Select Configure Interface from the Step list.
3. Select Add from the Action list.
4. Click Statistics.
5. Select a port from the list as the data source.
6. Enter an index number, and the name of the owner for this entry
7. Click Apply