Advanced Management
Advanced Management
RMON Overview
Benefits of
RMON
RMON stands for remote monitoring. It is a standard for moni- toring and reporting network activity using remote monitors.
You can use RMON via the IntraSwitch 5308FL’s Local Manage- ment Interface or via any
This chapter explains how to use RMON via the IntraSwitch 5308FL’s Local Management Interface.
A typical RMON setup consists of two components:
❏The RMON probe — a device or software agent that continually collects statistics about a LAN segment and transfers the information to a man- agement workstation (either on request or when a
❏The management workstation — a network station that communicates with the RMON probe and collects statistics from it. The workstation does not have to be on the same network as the probe and can manage the probe by
Some of the benefits of using RMON are:
❏Improved efficiency — you can remain at one workstation and collect information from widely dispersed LAN segments.
❏Productive management — if configured cor- rectly, RMON probes can deliver information before problems occur.
❏Reduces network load — an RMON probe looks at the network on behalf of the network management station without affecting the charac- teristics and performance of the network.
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