Agilent Technologies HSSI WanProbe J3916A - Manual (Page 28)

Introduction
Probe Overview
8
Management Stations
You can use a management station to communicate with the probe and gather
network data. The management station presents information in an easy-to-use and
easy-to-understand text and graphic format.
The management station uses NetMetrix software. NetMetrix management
applications allow you to review and reconfigure the probe parameters (such as IP
address, trap destinations, filters, and packet captures), to manage the information
collected by the probe (including statistics, historical studies, alarms, and captured
packet traces), and to monitor local or remote networks (by gathering network
statistics from Agilent Probe agents as network monitors).
Refer to your NetMetrix documentation for more information.
Access Security
A network administrator can disable standard RMON functions as a security
precaution. A security menu allows the network administrator to disable the
RMON-1 packet capture capabilities of the probe to prevent network users from
viewing network traffic. TFTP firmware downloads can be disabled to prevent
users from downloading earlier versions of the probe firmware. For more
information, refer to “Modify/View Security Values” on page 24.
The probe private MIB uses a four-level access control scheme. An access level is
assigned for each community string. The access level is an integer value between
one and four, with increasing degrees of authorization granted for higher
authorization numbers. Each higher level is granted the rights of all lower levels
in addition to the specific privileges of that level. Table 1-1 on page 9 shows
specific access privileges by level.