Local Management Features
DLE28-MA User’s Guide
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1.2
LOCAL MANAGEMENT FEATURES
Local Management provides the tools that allow management of the
DLE28-MA, the Fast Ethernet Interface Modules, all HSIMs, and the
DLM6C-AA chassis. Local Management for the DLE28-MA provides the
features detailed in Sections 1.4.1 through 1.4.6.
1.2.1
Distributed Chassis Management
From a management perspective, the DLM6C-AA DIGITAL MultiSwitch
700 chassis can be viewed as a single entity with a single IP address. Its
management functions are distributed to all modules. This means a single
module in the chassis, such as the DLE28-MA, can be used to manage the
entire chassis, and any other attached module through Local
Management, SNMP, or Telnet applications.
1.2.2
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
The DLE28-MA supports all Ethernet RMON groups, which include
Statistics, Alarms, Events and History. These groups are enabled on all
ports by default.
DIGITAL RMON Actions is a vendor specific extension of RMON and
provides the ability to set an “Action” on any SNMP MIB variable. The
Action can be triggered by any RMON Event and/or Alarm. An example
of an Action would be to turn off a MIB-2 interface if a broadcast
threshold is crossed.
1.2.3
Broadcast Suppression
Broadcast Suppression allows a user to set a desired limit of receive
broadcast frames per port/per second to be forwarded out the other ports
on the module up to the set limit. Any broadcast frames above this
specified limit are dropped. In the event that broadcast frames are being
suppressed, multicast and unicast frames continue to be switched.
