Agilent Technologies J3916A manual Management Stations, Access Security

Introduction

Probe Overview

Management Stations

You can use a management station to communicate with the probe and gather network data. The management station presents information in an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand text and graphic format.

The management station uses NetMetrix software. NetMetrix management applications allow you to review and reconfigure the probe parameters (such as IP address, trap destinations, filters, and packet captures), to manage the information collected by the probe (including statistics, historical studies, alarms, and captured packet traces), and to monitor local or remote networks (by gathering network statistics from Agilent Probe agents as network monitors).

Refer to your NetMetrix documentation for more information.

Access Security

A network administrator can disable standard RMON functions as a security precaution. A security menu allows the network administrator to disable the RMON-1 packet capture capabilities of the probe to prevent network users from viewing network traffic. TFTP firmware downloads can be disabled to prevent users from downloading earlier versions of the probe firmware. For more information, refer to “Modify/View Security Values” on page 24.

The probe private MIB uses a four-level access control scheme. An access level is assigned for each community string. The access level is an integer value between one and four, with increasing degrees of authorization granted for higher authorization numbers. Each higher level is granted the rights of all lower levels in addition to the specific privileges of that level. Table 1-1 on page 9 shows specific access privileges by level.

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