USING RMON

 

Table 9-21 Separate Control Tables: Channels

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

Event Status

Controls the flow of events.

 

Ready – A single event will be generated, after which the status will be set by the RMON probe to

 

“Fired.” While in the Fired state, no events will be generated until the status is reset to Ready or

 

Always Ready.

 

Always Ready – Disables flow control and allows events to generated at will. Using this setting runs the

 

risk of generating a high volume of traffic and affecting network performance.

 

 

Matches

The number of times this channel has accepted a packet.

 

 

Description

A comment provided by the user describing this channel.

 

 

Status

The current status of the index entry in the Control Table: Valid, Under Creation or Invalid.

 

 

 

Table 9-22 Separate Control Tables: Filters

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

Filters

Specifies the filter expressions used to capture data from the interface.

 

 

Index

An index that uniquely identifies an entry in the filter table.

 

 

Owner

The person who created this filter entry.

 

 

Channel Index

The index used to identify the channel entry associated with this filter.

 

 

Packet Data Offset

The offset from the beginning of each packet where a match of packet data will be attempted.

 

 

Packet Data

The data that are to be matched with the input packet.

 

 

Packet Data Mask

The mask that is applied to the match process.

 

 

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