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Introduction
Probe Overview
Management Stations
Management stations gather network data collected by Agilent probes. They present this information in
The probe communicates with the NetMetrix software running on your management station. 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
The probe’s configuration menu allows network administrators to disable standard RMON functions which could be considered a security risk. The security menu allows network administrators to disable the
The probe’s private MIB uses a
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