Avaya C360 Manager, Installation And Configuration Manual

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RMON
Issue 2 July 2005 147
RMON
RMON Overview
RMON, the internationally recognized network monitoring standard, is a network management
protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single workstation. You can use
RMON probes to monitor and analyze a single segment only. When you deploy a switch on the
network, there are additional components in the network that cannot be monitored using
RMON. These components include the switch fabric, VLAN, and statistics for all ports.
RMON is the internationally recognized and approved standard for detailed analysis of shared
Ethernet media. It ensures consistency in the monitoring and display of statistics between
different vendors.
RMON's advanced remote networking capabilities provide the tools needed to monitor and
analyze the behavior of segments on a network. In conjunction with an RMON agent, RMON
gathers details and logical information about network status, performance and users running
applications on the network.
RMON I analyzes the MAC layer (Layer 2 in the OSI seven-layer model).
An RMON agent is a probe that collects information about segments, hosts and traffic and
sends the information to a management station. You use specific software tools to view the
information collected by the RMON agent on the management station.
RMON CLI Commands
In order to... Use the following command...
Create an RMON history entry rmon history
Delete an existing RMON
history entry no rmon history
Create a new RMON alarm
entry rmon alarm
Delete an existing RMON alarm
entry no rmon alarm
Create an RMON event entry rmon event
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