Is RMON a SNMP?

As noted earlier, RMON is an extension of SNMP and provides nine groups of monitoring elements to allow the capturing of detailed network information. This data pertains to the physical layer (Layer 1) and the data-link layer (Layer 2) of the OSI model.

What is RMON probe?

A network device that analyzes RMON information. The probe can monitor traffic and set an alarm when a certain condition occurs. It can be used to periodically audit traffic as well as gather statistics that are sent to the management console. RMON probes are often placed permanently into networks.

What is RMON support?

RMON is a standard monitoring specification that enables various network monitors and console systems to exchange network-monitoring data. RMON provides network administrators with more flexibility in selecting network-monitoring probes and consoles with features that meet their particular networking needs.

What is Cisco 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 alarms and events to monitor Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches running the Cisco SAN-OS Release 2.0(1b) or later software.

What is the purpose of RMON?

RMON (Remote Network Monitoring) provides standard information that a network administrator can use to monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot a group of distributed local area networks (LANs) and interconnecting T-1/E-1 and T-2/E-3 lines from a central site.

What is RMON2?

RMON2 is an extension of RMON, and has the same mechanism. RMON and RMON2 both monitor traffic on Ethernet links. While RMON only monitors traffic at the MAC layer. RMON2 monitors traffic at the upper layers above the MAC layer.

How do I boot my router from ROMmon mode?

Now let us look at the procedure in detail. To manually boot into the ROMmon mode, you will need to reboot the device and break the boot sequence. Pressing the Ctrl+Break key combination during boot usually does this.

What is the use of filter in RMON?

Filter: defines packet data patterns of interest e.g. MAC address or TCP port. Capture: collect and forward packets matching the Filter.