HP Transcend Traffix Manager manual RMON-2 Agents, RMON-1 Table Sizes RMON-2 Table Sizes

154APPENDIX G: CONFIGURING 3COM STANDALONE RMON-2 AGENTS

	CAUTION: Downloading firmware to an agent causes the agent to cold
	restart. Refer to the Firmware Upgrade documentation or your agent
	documentation for a description of the data lost when an agent is cold
	restarted. The latest version of the Firmware Upgrade documentation is
	available from the 3Com web site:
	http://www.support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/netmgt/rmonprob/
	family.htm.
Setting the	The current mode of the agent is displayed in the Agent Hardware
Operational Mode	Maintenance dialog box. 3Com recommends that you use the RMON-2
on 3Com	Traffix Mode, because this sets tables on an agent to an appropriate size
Standalone	for use with Traffix Manager.
RMON-2 Agents	As some tables created by Traffix Manager can be very large, including
	RMON-2 addressMap and matrixTopN, other tables’ memory sizes are
	decreased to make the best use of the agent’s resources (Table 23).
	An agent set to RMON-2 Traffix Mode can still be used for network
	management by LANsentry® Manager, or any other software which uses
	the RMON tables.
	Table 23 RMON-1 and RMON-2 Table Sizes that Decrease in Traffix Mode

RMON-1 Table Sizes	RMON-2 Table Sizes
Capture Buffer Packets	User History*
Packet Limit	Higher Layer Host
Total Capture Packets	Higher Layer Matrix

* The number of interfaces supported also decreases

CAUTION: If you change the RMON-2 mode, the agent automatically cold restarts for the changes to take effect. Refer to the Firmware Upgrade documentation or your agent documentation for a description of the data lost when an agent is cold restarted. The latest version of the Firmware Upgrade documentation is available from the 3Com web site:

http://www.support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/netmgt/rmonprob/ family.htm.

There are three available modes:

■Standard Mode Sets appropriate table sizes on the device for use with a third-party management application.