Signamax
FO-065-7732A Manageable Gigabit Switch
User’s Manual 99
S N M P & R M O N M a n a g e m e n t
This chapter describes the switch’s Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Monitoring (RMON) capabilities.
Overview
RMON is an abbreviation for the Remote Monitoring MIB
(Management Information Base). RMON is a system defined by
the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) document RFC 1757,
which defines how networks can be monitored remotely.
RMONs typically consist of two components: an RMON probe and
a management workstation:
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The RMON probe is an intelligent device or software agent that continually
collects statistics about a LAN segment or VLAN. The RMON probe
transfers the collected data to a management workstation on request or
when a pre-defined threshold is reached.
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The management workstation collects the statistics that the RMON probe
gathers. The workstation can reside on the same network as the probe, or
it can have an in-band or out-of-band connection to the probe.
The switch provides RMON capabilities that allow network
administrators to set parameters and view statistical counters
defined in MIB-II, Bridge MIB, and RMON MIB. RMON
activities are performed at a Network Management Station running
an SNMP network management application with graphical user
interface.
SNMP Agent and MIB-2 (RFC 1213)
The SNMP Agent running on the switch manager CPU is
responsible for: