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SecureStack B3 Configuration Guide 14-1

RMON Configuration

ThischapterdescribesthecommandsusedtoconfigureRMONonaSecureStackB3switch.

RMON Monitoring Group Functions

RMON(RemoteNetworkMonitoring)providescomprehensivenetworkfaultdiagnosis,

planning,andperformancetuninginformationandallowsforinteroperabilitybetweenSNMP

managementstationsandmonitoringagents.RMONextendstheSNMPMIBcapabilityby

definingadditionalMIBsthatgenerateamuchrichersetofdataaboutnetworkusage.

TheseMIB

“groups”eachgatherspecificsetsofdatatomeetcommonnetworkmonitoringrequirements.

Table 14‐1liststheRMONmonitoringgroupssupportedonSecureStackB3devices,eachgroup’s

functionandtheelementsitmonitors,andtheassociatedconfigurationcommandsneeded.

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RMON Monitoring Group Functions 14-1

Statistics Group Commands 14-3

History Group Commands 14-5

Alarm Group Commands 14-7

Event Group Commands 14-11

Filter Group Commands 14-14

Packet Capture Commands 14-19

Table 14-1 RMON Monitoring Group Functions and Commands

RMON

Group

What It Does... What It Monitors... CLI Command(s)

Statistics Records statistics

measured by the RMON

probe for each monitored

interface on the device.

Packets dropped, packets

sent, bytes sent (octets),

broadcast and multicast

packets, CRC errors,

oversized and undersized

packets, fragments, jabbers,

and counters for packets.

“show rmon stats” on

page 14-3

“set rmon stats” on

page 14-4

“clear rmon stats” on

page 14-4

Enterasys SecureStack B3 User Manual

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