
Configuring SNMP Services
1-3
• Collecting information for problem solving
You can configure the DCM to give management stations information they
need to solve problems. For instance, the DCM can identify the hosts on a
network that generate the most traffic or errors.
Refer to “SNMP Implementation Notes,” later in this chapter, for issues you
should consider when using a DCM for RMON.
The RMON Groups
The RMON agent runs on the DCM in the 8-port ANH, and comprises a set of
MIB groups. RFC 1757 defines the function and organization of these groups.
Bay Networks implements the following groups in its RMON agent for the 8-port
ANH:
• Ethernet Statistics
• History Control
• Ethernet History
• Host
• HostTopN
• Matrix
• Filter
• Packet Capture
RMON groups contain
control
and
data
tables
. Control tables contain
control
parameters
that specify which statistics you want to access. You can view and
change many entries in a control table. Data tables contain statistics the agent
obtains, and usually you can only view entries in these tables.
Some of the groups work together to provide a particular RMON function. For
example, the History Control group and Ethernet History group together provide
the history capability in the RMON agent for the DCM.
The following sections indicate the function of each group and the tables that each
group defines. Refer to RFC 1757 for the following information:
• A list of all the parameters that appear in a control table
• The read/write status of a control parameter
• The default values for control parameters with read/write status
• A list of all the objects that appear in a data table
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