IBM 4986B LanProbe manual LanProbe Overview, System Overview

Introduction

LanProbe Overview

LanProbe Overview

This section provides some general information on the Agilent 4986B Ethernet LanProbe.

The LanProbe is a non-intrusiveSNMP agent that monitors all packets and network performance. This includes current and historical traffic statistics and snapshots of selected packets.

The following topics are covered:

“System Overview” below “Supported MIBs” on page 7 “Management Stations” on page 8 “Access Security” on page 8 “Status LEDs” on page 10

z“CONFIG Button” on page 11 “Included Parts” on page 11

System Overview

A typical LanProbe distributed monitoring system consists of the following:

zOne or more LanProbes

One or more NetMetrix management stations, using NetMetrix

Figure 1-2 on page 6 shows a LanProbe system example.

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