Asante Technologies 5308F - Manual (Page 108)

Advanced Management
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Advanced Management
RMON
Overview
RMON stands for remote monitoring. It is a standard for moni-
toring and reporting network activity using remote monitors.
You can use RMON via the IntraSwitch 5308FL’s Local Manage-
ment Interface or via any SNMP-based network management
software that supports RMON.
This chapter explains how to use RMON via the IntraSwitch
5308FL’s Local Management Interface.
A typical RMON setup consists of two components:
❏ The RMON probe — a device or software agent
that continually collects statistics about a LAN
segment and transfers the information to a man-
agement workstation (either on request or when
a pre-defined threshold is crossed).
❏ The management workstation — a network
station that communicates with the RMON probe
and collects statistics from it. The workstation
does not have to be on the same network as the
probe and can manage the probe by in-band or
out-of-band connections.
Benefits of
RMON
Some of the benefits of using RMON are:
❏ Improved efficiency — you can remain at one
workstation and collect information from widely
dispersed LAN segments.
❏ Productive management — if configured cor-
rectly, RMON probes can deliver information
before problems occur.
❏ Reduces network load — an RMON probe
looks at the network on behalf of the network
management station without affecting the charac-
teristics and performance of the network.