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Table 2-1

RMON Groups and Their Functions

 

 

Group Name

Description

 

 

Statistics

This group collects traffic and error statistics for a specific interface. For

 

example, you could use this group to determine how many error packets have

 

been seen on a given port.

 

Statistics from this group can be used by the history group to record historical

 

views of network performance. A statistics row is established by default for

 

each hub port.

 

 

History

This group periodically samples the counters generated by the statistics

 

group. This information can be used to establish baseline information

 

regarding network activity. You can define the intervals you want to record

 

information for, and you can define how many of the samples are to be stored.

 

Note RMON statistics gathering has a maximum limit of 50 history buckets

 

per historyControlTable entry.

 

 

Alarm

This group generates alarms according to user-defined thresholds. You could,

 

for example, configure RMON to generate an alarm when alignment errors on

 

a port exceeded a predefined limit. Rising and falling thresholds can be

 

defined, and the events group can generate traps and automated responses

 

based on the alarms.

 

 

Event

This group sends traps to the management station based on information

 

(alarms) received from the alarm group.

 

 

Where to Go Next

Now that you have installed the hub and, if you have a FastHub 400M models, assigned IP information to the hub, you can continue to

Chapter 3, “Configuring and Monitoring from the Hub Manager” for configuration and monitoring information. (FastHub 400M models only).

Appendix C, “FastHub Stacks” for interconnecting the hub to other FastHub 400M models to form hub stacks.

Appendix D, “Switched Uplink Modules” for descriptions of the optional switched uplink modules and procedures for installing and connecting to them.

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