What is RMON protocol?

RMON stands for Remote Network Monitoring. It is an extension of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) that allows detailed monitoring of network statistics for Ethernet networks. RMON was initially developed to address remote site and local area network (LAN) segment management from a centralized location.

How many data types are there in RMON1?

The RMON1 MIB consists of ten groups: Statistics: real-time LAN statistics e.g. utilization, collisions, CRC errors. History: history of selected statistics. Alarm: definitions for RMON SNMP traps to be sent when statistics exceed defined thresholds.

What was the principal benefit of adding RMON2 groups to MIB 2?

RMON 2 focuses on the layers of traffic above the Media Access Control (MAC) layer; the main enhancement of RMON 2 is the capability to measure Layer 3 network traffic and application statistics.

What are the overall benefits of implementing the RMON technology in a network?

The overall benefits of implementing RMON technology in a network are higher network availability for users and greater productivity for administrators. This program allows you to diagnose problems faster than ever before.

What are the RMON1 groups?

RMON1 MIB group

  • statistics group. This group maintains low-level utilization and error statistics for each sub-network monitored by Netcool/SSM.
  • history group.
  • alarm group.
  • host group.
  • hostTopN group.
  • matrix group.
  • filter group.
  • capture group.

How is RMON related to SNMP?

SNMP is a specification that tracks basic health metrics on network devices and facilitates necessary configuration changes. RMON, an extension of SNMP, provides traffic flow data for troubleshooting and the controls necessary to adjust for better performance from a central console.

What is a difference between RMON and SNMP?

What are the goals of RMON?

The initial goal of RMON was to monitor network traffic in a local-area network (LAN) environment and to provide comprehensive information for network fault diagnosis, planning, and performance tuning to network administrators.