Richard Barr wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> Does anyone know if Netview v5.x support the RMon2 technology.
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> Many Thanks....
>
> Richard
NetView doesn't have built-in support any for any RMON, whether it's v1
or v2, except via mib browser. NetView comes with mibs for rfc-1271
(RMON1), and rfc-1513 (The token ring extension ro RMON 1), and the
RMON2 mib, I think, is rfc-1757, should be available from lots of
places.
RMON2 devices (probes, agents built into network hardware, software
agents, etc) will respond to the RMON and RMON2 MIBS, which can
certainly be loaded into NetView, or you can use any of several add-on
applications which will give you pre-packaged tools for doing packet
capture, traffic monitoring, etc., with an easier-to-use interface.
THe RMON group called ALERTS will, in the case of hardware supporting
this group, be able to send threshold traps to your NMS.
THe RMON application include IBM's LANReMon, still available with Nways
manager v2, 3COm LANAlert, and applications from Cisco, Nortel, TEC, and
others. Most every hardware vendor had bought and RMON company or
licenses RMON agents and management software for their networking
hardware.
BTW- The new thing for RMON will be SMON, or switched RMON, a new rfc
written by, among others, folks from Cisco and Lucent. SMON is supposed
to use the hardware backplane to watch traffic and therefore bypass the
problem of hooking up probes to multiple switched segments in order to
see traffic in a heavily switched environment. Dependent, obviously, on
the hardware agent for implementation.
Other may know more detail...
Jim Kellock.
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