RMON 5-25

RMON Features of the Switch

Tab le 5-2 details the RMON support provided by

the Switch.

Tab le 5- 2 RMON support supplied by the Switch
RMON Group Support supplied by the Switch
Statistics A new or initialized Switch has one Statistics ses-
sion per port/VLAN.
History A new or initialized Switch has three History ses-
sions on each 100BASE-TX port and the Default
VLAN:
■60-second intervals, 120 historical samples
stored
■30-second intervals, 120 historical samples
stored
■30-minute intervals, 96 historical samples
stored
Alarms Although up to 700 alarms can be defined for
the Switch, a new or initialized Switch has four
alarms defined for each port:
■Bandwidth used
■Broadcast bandw idth used
■Percentage of packets forwarded
■Errors per 10,000 packets
You can modify these alarms using an RMON
management application, but you cannot create
or delete them.
For more information about the alarms setup on
the Switch, re fer to “About Alarm Actions” on
page 5-26 and “About Default Alarm Settings”
on page 5-27.
Hosts Although Hosts is supported by the Switch,
there are no Hosts sessions defined on a new or
initialized Switch by default.
You can specify that a Hosts session is defined
on the Default VLAN; for more information, refer
to “Setting Up the Switch Unit” on page 4-9.
Hosts Top N Although Hosts Top N is supported by the Switch,
there are no Hosts Top N sessions defined on a
new or initialized Switch.
Matrix Although Matrix is supported by the Switch,
there are no Matrix sessions defined on a new or
initialized Switch by default.
You can specify that a Matrix session is defined
on the Default VLAN; for more information, refer
to “Setting Up the Switch Unit” on page 4-9.
Filter The Filter group is not presently supported by
the Switch.
Capture The Capture group is not presently supported by
the Switch.
Events A new or initialized Switch has events defined
for use with the default alarm system. Refer to
“About Default Alarm Settings” on page 5-27 for
more information.
Tabl e 5-2 RMON support supplied by the Switch
RMON Group Support supplied by the Switch