HP Transcend Traffix Manager manual Viewing Agent Statistics, Polling for Data Collection, Agents

54CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING AGENTS FOR DATA COLLECTION

Viewing Agent Statistics

You can view the statistics of a selected agent from the Agent Statistics dialog box. This dialog box displays various statistics related to SNMP communication with the agent. Refer to the online help for more detailed information about the Agent Statistics dialog box.

Polling for Data Collection

Traffix Manager collects data periodically once compatible RMON-1 and RMON-2 agents have been located on your network. The standard polling interval is 30 minutes.

Any agents not responding are shown with different icons in the agent tree.

Polling Agents Over a WAN Link

Using the Advanced Interface Setup dialog box, you can reduce the amount of time Traffix Manager spends collecting data. Refer to the online help for the Advanced Interface Setup dialog box for more information.

Suspending and Resuming Data Collection Manually

You may want to suspend data collection if you have collected sufficient data to give you a clear picture of the normal level of traffic on your network.

You enable or disable individual agents for collection using the agent tree in the Configure Agents dialog box. You can also suspend and resume collection for all enabled agents from this dialog box. This option is a “master switch” for all enabled agents.

Downloading Agent See Appendix G for information on why you should always run the most Firmware up-to-date version of management software (firmware) for the 3Com

agents on your network. For instructions on how to download the latest version of firmware, refer to “How do I download new firmware to the agent?” in the online help.

Setting Operational The current mode of the agent is displayed in the Agent Maintenance Mode on 3Com dialog box. 3Com recommends that you use the RMON-2 Traffix Mode,

Standalone RMON-2because this sets tables on the agent to an appropriate size for use with

Agents