Intel EXPRESS 550T Manuel d'utilisation

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C H A P T E R 5

Managing the Switch

RMON Alarms

Alarm is a useful RMON feature; it enables you to set your own
thresholds for when the network activity requires some attention.

1

Right-click a switch and select

Monitoring>RMON

Alarms>Configure

. The

Alarm Table

window opens,

which lists all alarms.

2

Click

Add

to add an alarm to the list.

After defining the alarm, a trap is sent every time the threshold
is exceeded.

RMON Events

Event is a useful RMON feature; it enables you to set your own
events, defined by type; Log, Trap or Log and Trap:

1

Right-click a switch and select

Monitoring>

RMON

Alarms>Events

. The

Events Table

window opens, which

lists all events defined.

2

Click

Add

to add an event to the list.

Note

Events can be created automatically through the alarm
configurations.

Online Help

For more information about the use of the RMON facilities, please re-
fer to the online

Help

.

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