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Avaya C460 SMON User Guide 3
SMON Overview
Overview of SMON
SMON is an RMON-compliant network management suite that
implements the SMON extensions to RMON. SMON works with the other
components of Avaya MultiService Network Manager to provide a full
spectrum of in-depth monitoring of switch traffic and network
performance.
SMON consists of a software console application on a workstation and
remote monitoring probes in network devices that support SMON.
The SMON console communicates constantly with the SMON devices on
your network. The console uses the SNMP protocol to gather information
from the devices. SMON provides a suite of powerful graphic display tools
to view this information.
SMON gives you detailed analysis of the traffic flow on your switched
network, from a global view down to a specific host, and from total MAC
layer traffic down to a specific application protocol - all in real-time.
In addition, SMON allows you to set alarms based on traffic thresholds.
When an alarm is triggered, a trap can be sent to the device’s manager,
and the event that triggered the alarm can be entered in SMON’s Event
Log.
This section describes the following topics:
• SMON Devices
• Filtering Options
SMON Devices
SMON provides monitoring capabilities for Avaya Inc.’s network devices
that support the SMON extensions of the RMON standard.
For Avaya C460 Devices, SMON monitoring capabilities can be activated
by purchasing an SMON license from Avaya Inc.