Enterasys Networks Fast Network 10 Chapter Monitoring and Managing Your FN10, FN10 Statistics

CHAPTER 4

MONITORING AND MANAGING

YOUR FN10

Monitoring the FN10 consists of collecting and analyzing statistics and system status information. Additional statistics gathered by the FN10 are the result of user-configurable filters. See Chapter 5, FN10 Filters, for information on setting up FN10 filters.

You can use the Select button on the front panel of the FN10 to monitor segment status on any of the Ethernet ports. Refer to Section 2.1 for a description of the segment status options.

Basic management of the FN10 consists of disabling or enabling Ethernet ports, changing subnet masks, setting the community name for the FN10, and changing the baud rate for your Local Console Manager (LCM) connection.

4.1 FN10 MANAGEMENT TOOLS

LCM is a command-line interface built into the FN10 that enables you to monitor and manage the FN10 through the out-of-band RS232C connection attached to any non-intelligent terminal. You can also use one of the following Cabletron Systems Network Management Stations (NMSs), or a standard SNMP-based NMS to manage the FN10:

•Any SNMP-based NMS.

4.2 FN10 STATISTICS

The FN10 gathers statistics that can help you build a comprehensive profile of the network traffic flow between each Local Area Network (LAN) you are connecting, as well as the network traffic flow to and from each Ethernet port on the FN10.

FN10 statistics are divided into five groups:

•System statistics

•Ethernet port statistics

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