Table 22 RMON alarm configuration task list

Task

Remarks

 

Required.

 

You can create up to 100 statistics entries in a statistics table.

 

As the alarm variables that can be configured through the Web interface are MIB

 

variables that defined in the history group or the statistics group, configure the

 

RMON Ethernet statistics function or the RMON history statistics function on the

Configuring a statistics

monitored Ethernet interface.

entry

After you create a statistics entry on an interface, the system collects various traffic

 

statistics on the interface, including network collisions, CRC alignment errors,

 

undersize/oversize packets, broadcasts, multicasts, bytes received, and packets

 

received. The statistics are cleared at a reboot.

 

IMPORTANT:

 

You can create only one statistics entry for one interface.

 

Required.

 

You can create up to 60 event entries for an event table.

 

An event entry defines event indexes and the actions the system takes, including

Configuring an event

log the event, send a trap to the NMS, take no action, and log the event and send

a trap to the NMS.

entry

IMPORTANT:

 

 

You cannot create an entry if the values of the specified alarm variable, sampling

 

interval, sampling type, rising threshold and falling threshold are identical to those

 

of an existing entry in the system.

 

 

 

Required.

 

You can create up to 60 alarm entries for an alarm table.

Configuring an alarm

With an alarm entry created, the specified alarm event is triggered when an

abnormity occurs. The alarm event defines how to deal with the abnormity.

entry

 

 

IMPORTANT:

 

You cannot create an entry if the values of the specified event description, owners,

 

and actions are identical to those of an existing entry in the system.

Displaying RMON running status

After you configure the RMON statistics function or the alarm function, you can view RMON running status and verify the configuration by performing tasks in Table 23.

Table 23 Displaying RMON running status

Task

Remarks

 

Display the interface statistics during the period from the time the

Displaying RMON statistics

statistics entry is created to the time the page is displayed. The statistics

 

are cleared after the device reboots.

 

 

 

After you create a history control entry on an interface, the system

 

calculates the information of the interface periodically and saves the

Displaying RMON history sampling

information to the etherHistoryEntry table. You can perform this task to

information

display the entries in this table. When you configure the history group,

 

the system specifies the number of history sampling records that can be

 

displayed and the history sampling interval.

 

 

 

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