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Configuring RMON
This chapter describes how to configure Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) on your switch.
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, refer to the Cisco
IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference for Release 12.1.
This chapter consists of these sections:
Understanding RMON, page 16-1
Configuring RMON, page 16-2
Displaying RMON Status, page 16-6

Understanding RMON

RMON is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard monitoring specification that allows
various network agents and console systems to exchange net work mo nit oring d ata . You can use the
RMON feature with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent in the switch to monitor
all the traffic flowing among switches on all connected LAN segments.