HP Transcend Traffix Manager - Manual (Page 52)

52 C HAPTER 6: C ONFIGURING A GENTS FOR D ATA C OLLECTION
Finding Agents for
Data Collection The agents used may be devices with RMON-1 or RMON-2 embedded
within them, such as switches or hubs, or they may be dedicated
stand-alone RMON probes.
You can search for compatible agents from the startup wizard and from
the Configure Agents dialog box. There are two ways of finding agents
on your network:
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You can ask Traffix Manager to search your network automatically for
compatible agents.
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If you know the IP address and community string of those agents you
wish to collect from, you can specify the agent details yourself.
If you choose not to find agents automatically, you must add at least one
agent manually. Traffix Manager cannot begin to collect data unless there
is at least one active agent selected.
You can choose to leave the startup wizard without finding agents to
collect network traffic data, and launch the Traffix Manager client with no
data collected. This will display an empty Map on your workstation, from
which you can perform limited management and configuration tasks. See
“Launching the Traffix Manager Client” on page 26 for further details.
You can then add agents for data collection at a later stage without
having to go back through the startup wizard. See
“Adding and Editing
Agents” on page 53 .
Configuring RMON-1
and RMON-2 Data
Sources
Once you have found agents on your network, you can configure those
you want to collect data from. All compatible RMON-2 agents which
have been found on your network are displayed in the agent tree in the
Configure Agents dialog box.
From the Configure Agents dialog box you can:
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Add more agents to collect data from your network See “Adding and
Editing Agents” on page 53 .
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Enable/disable individual agents and agent interfaces for data
collection.
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Suspend/resume all data collection. See “Suspending and Resuming
Data Collection Manually” on page 54 .