IBM SG24-4576-00 manual NetWare Monitoring Tools, Monitor.Nlm

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Flexible, user-definable interface Reliable, accurate information

Continuous reports of top talkers, ring map (token-ring only), error conditions, statistics, and selected network data

Broad data import and export support Extensive protocol decode coverage

10-millisecond time stamp (token-ring) or 32-millisecond time stamp (Ethernet)

Optional 840-nanosecond, high-resolution time stamp Fully windowed, graphical, multitasking user interface

DatagLANce supports all or portions of the following protocol suites:

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FDDI Protocol Suite

Token-Ring Protocol Suite

Ethernet/802.3 Protocol Suite

IBM Protocol Suite

TCP/IP Protocol Suite

SUN NFS Protocol Suite

XNS Protocol Suite

Novell NetWare Protocol Suite

DECnet Protocol Suite

AppleTalk Protocol Suite

Banyan VINES Protocol Suite

ISO Protocol Suite

X.25 Protocol Suite

5.2.2 NetWare Monitoring Tools

NetWare provides several useful tools which allow you to monitor your existing network server, tune it and make full use of the available resources. The following are the three most important tools:

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MONITOR.NLM Set command

SERVMAN.NLM

5.2.2.1 MONITOR.NLM

MONITOR.NLM is an effective administration tool, providing details about many aspects of the network file server. Figure 143 on page 174 shows a screen from the monitor utility.

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