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Configuring rmon events, Rmon e – LevelOne GTL-2691 User Manual

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ONFIGURING

RMON
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VENTS

Use the Administration > RMON (Configure Global - Add - Event) page to

set the action to take when an alarm is triggered. The response can include

logging the alarm or sending a message to a trap manager. Alarms and

corresponding events provide a way of immediately responding to critical

network problems.

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"Remote Monitoring Commands" on page 847

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If an alarm is already defined for an index, the entry must be deleted

before any changes can be made.

One default event is configured as follows:
event Index = 1

Description: RMON_TRAP_LOG

Event type: log & trap

Event community name is public

Owner is RMON_SNMP

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ARAMETERS

These parameters are displayed:

Index – Index to this entry. (Range: 1-65535)

Type – Specifies the type of event to initiate:

None – No event is generated.

Log – Generates an RMON log entry when the event is triggered.

Log messages are processed based on the current configuration

settings for event logging (see

"System Log Configuration" on

page 405

).

Trap – Sends a trap message to all configured trap managers (see

"Specifying Trap Managers" on page 445

).

Log and Trap – Logs the event and sends a trap message.

Community – A password-like community string sent with the trap

operation to SNMP v1 and v2c hosts.
Although the community string can be set on this configuration page, it

is recommended that it be defined on the SNMP trap configuration page

(see

"Setting Community Access Strings" on page 439

) prior to

configuring it here. (Range: 1-32 characters)

Description – A comment that describes this event. (Range: 1-127

characters)

Owner – Name of the person who created this entry. (Range: 1-127

characters)