Understanding Rmon; Configuring Rmon - Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Software Configuration Manual

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This chapter describes how to configure Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) on the Catalyst 3750-X

or 3560-X switch. Unless otherwise noted, the term switch refers to a Catalyst 3750-X or 3560-X

standalone switch and to a Catalyst 3750-X switch stack.

RMON is a standard monitoring specification that defines a set of statistics and functions that can be

exchanged between RMON-compliant console systems and network probes. RMON provides you with

comprehensive network-fault diagnosis, planning, and performance-tuning information.

For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see the "System

Management Commands" section in the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference,

Release 12.4.

Understanding RMON

RMON is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard monitoring specification that allows

various network agents and console systems to exchange network monitoring data. You can use the

RMON feature with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent in the switch to monitor

all the traffic flowing among switches on all connected LAN segments as shown in

Understanding RMON, page 1-1

Configuring RMON, page 1-2

Displaying RMON Status, page 1-6

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