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Chapter 22 Co n figuring RM ON
Configuring RMON
Figure 22-1 Remote Monitoring Example
The switc h supports t hese RM ON groups (defined in RFC 1757) :
Statistics (RMON grou p 1)Collec ts Ether net, F ast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet statistics on an
interface.
History (RM ON g roup 2 )Co llects a history gro up of stati stics on Ether net, Fast Etherne t, and
Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for a specified polling interval.
Alarm (RM ON group 3)Monitors a specific management information base (MIB) object for a
specified interval, triggers an alarm at a specified value (rising threshold), and resets the alarm at
another v alue (fa lling threshold). Alar ms can be used with ev ents; the alar m triggers an e vent, which
can gene rate a log e ntry or an SNM P trap .
Event (RMON group 9)Determines the act ion to tak e w hen an e v ent is t rigger ed b y an a larm. The
action ca n be to genera te a log entry or an SNMP tr ap.
Because swit ches supp orte d by thi s IOS r ele as e us e ha rdware coun ter s fo r RM ON dat a proc essi ng, t he
monitoring is more efficient, and little processing power is required.

Configuring RMON

This se ction de scri bes how to configur e RM ON on yo ur swi tch. I t conta ins this configur ation
information:
Default RMON Configuration, page 22-3
Configuring RM O N A lar ms a nd Events, page 2 2- 3
Configuring RMON Collection on an Interface, page 22-5
Catalyst 3550 switch
RMON alarms and events
configured. SNMP configured.
Catalyst 2950
switch
RMON history
and statistic
collection enabled.
Workstations
74602
Catalyst 3550
switch
Workstations
Network management station with
generic RMON console application