Cabletron Systems Expansion module 6H122-08 - Manual (Page 17)

Local Management Features
6H122-08 User’s Guide 1-7
1.4 LOCAL MANAGEMENT FEATURES
Local Management provides the tools that allow management of the
6H122-08, the Fast Ethernet Interface Modules, and the 6C105 chassis.
Local Management for the 6H122-08 provides the features detailed in
Sections 1.4.1 through 1.4.6.
1.4.1 Distributed Chassis Management
From a management perspective, the 6C105 SmartSwitch 6000 chassis
can be viewed as a single entity with a single IP address. Its management
functions are distributed to all modules. This means a single module in
the chassis, such as the 6H122-08, can be used to manage the entire
chassis, and any other attached module through Local Management,
SNMP, or Telnet applications.
1.4.2 Remote Monitoring (RMON)
The 6H122-08 supports all Ethernet RMON groups, which include
Statistics, Alarms, Events and History. These groups are enabled on all
ports by default.
Cabletron Systems RMON Actions is a vendor specific extension of
RMON and provides the ability to set an “Action” on any SNMP MIB
variable. The Action can be triggered by any RMON Event and/or Alarm.
An example of an Action would be to turn off a MIB-2 interface if a
broadcast threshold is crossed.
1.4.3 Broadcast Suppression
Broadcast Suppression allows a user to set a desired limit of receive
broadcast frames per port/per second to be forwarded out the other ports
on the module up to the set limit. Any broadcast frames above this
specified limit are dropped. In the event that broadcast frames are being
suppressed, multicast and unicast frames continue to be switched.