Configuring RMON Alarm and Event Settings from the Command Line Interface (CLI)
Introduction This document describes how to set up Remote Monitoring (RMON) Alarms and Events on a router from the command line interface (CLI). Background Information RMON is a method similar to Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to track statistics on network device interfaces or ports. The RMON feature typically is useful in a LAN switch environment, but is available on access routers (for example, the 2x00 Series) in Cisco IOS® Software Release 11.1 or later. Sometimes, you need to set up RMON on remote routers only when you can not get access to the LAN equipment (such as hubs) to view the traffic. RMON does not require you to actively poll for SNMP variables on a regular basis. The devices store the needed information, and then it is dumped periodically to a RMON network management station. Note: By default all switches support mini-rmon, so that alarms, events, stats and history are directly received from the switches. In order to receive all other detailed information fr