What Is the DIGITAL MultiSwitch Fast Ethernet Hub 924TX?
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MIB Support
The module provides SNMP agent support for the following management information
bases (MIBs) when used in a DIGITAL MultiSwitch 900:
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MIB II (RFC 1213)
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DIGITAL MultiSwitch 900 Public Common MIB
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DIGITAL Extended Repeater MIB
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Repeater MIB (RFC 1516)
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RMON MIB (alarms, events, statistics, and history)
For information on how to access DIGITAL MIBs, follow the procedures in the
Release Notes for this product.
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
The DIGITAL MultiSwitch Fast Ethernet Hub 924TX supports sophisticated Ethernet
monitoring with the Remote Network Monitoring Information Base (RMON-MIB).
The following RMON features and options are available:
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RMON functions are performed concurrently with the module’s hub function.
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RMON within the module is accessible by multiple managers.
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Basic RMON capability at the LAN level for the following groups:
— Statistics. Various statistics measured for the monitored Fast Ethernet
channel, including utilization, packet rates, broadcast and multicast rates, and
error information.
— History. Capturing of periodic statistical samples for later retrieval and
analysis.
— Alarms. Specification of thresholds for various monitored variables in order
to generate events.
— Events. Controls the generation and notification of events from the probe.
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Management with clearVISN RMON Manager
For information on how to access and use the basic RMON features, refer to
Appendix F.
