Diagnosing Switch Problems Remote Monitoring (RMON)
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide April 2006 page 27-27
Enabling or Disabling RMON Probes
To enable or disable an individual RMON probe, enter the rmon probes CLI command. Be sure to spec-
ify the type of probe (stats/history/alarm), followed by the entry number (optional), as shown in the
following examples.
The following command enables RMON Ethernet Statistics probe number 4012:
-> rmon probes stats 4012 enable
The following command disables RMON History probe number 10240:
-> rmon probes history 10240 disable
The following command enables RMON Alarm probe number 11235:
-> rmon probes alarm 11235 enable
To enable or disable an entire group of RMON probes of a particular flavor type (such as Ethernet
Statistics, History or Alarm), enter the command without specifying an entry-number, as shown in the
following examples.
The following command disables all currently defined (disabled) RMON Ethernet Statistics probes:
-> rmon probes stats disable
The following command enables all currently defined (disabled) RMON History probes:
-> rmon probes history enable
The following command enables all currently defined (disabled) RMON Alarm probes:
-> rmon probes alarm enable
Notes. Network activity on subnetworks attached to an RMON probe can be monitored by Network
Management Software (NMS) applications.