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18: D
EVICE
M
ONITORING
Device Monitoring
Overview
You can use the device monitoring features and tools described in this
chapter to analyze your network periodically and to identify potential
network problems before they become serious. To identify potential
problems in your network, use:
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Event logging.
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Baselining.
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Roving analysis.
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RMON information.
To test and validate paths in your network, use:
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Ping.
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traceRoute.
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polling MIBs via SNMP.
The SNMP protocol and the Management Information Base (MIB) are
described in this chapter to give you some background on how
performance data is collected on the network.
Key Concepts and
Tools
Key concepts and tools for the device monitoring of your system are
described in this section to give you a perspective of the scope of
device monitoring.
Administration
Console
The Administration Console provides you with access to all the features
of your system. It also provides you access to some of the device
monitoring tools, such as event logging, baselining, roving analysis, ping,
traceRoute, and snapshot. You access the Administration Console locally
through the serial terminal or modem port on the Switch or remotely via
a Telnet connection. See Chapter 2 for more information.
Web Management
Tools
The Web Management tools provide you access to the Administration
Console remotely via the Internet. It provides you with complete access to
the Administration Console as if you are connected locally or through a
Telnet connection. See the
Web Management User Guide for more
information.