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3 Avaya P120 SMON User Guide
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.
SMON Devices
SMON provides monitoring capabilities for Avaya Inc’s network devices
that support the SMON extensions of the RMON standard.
Filtering Options
SMON tools provide different methods of filtering the information
displayed on the screen. These method include:
• Specific filtering
• TopN filtering
For information on how to use filters, refer to Appendix A, SMON Dialog
Boxes.
Specific
Filtering
Specific filtering options provide the ability to specify the switches,
VLANs, or ports for which you want to view SMON information.
Top N
Filtering
TopN filtering provides the ability to filter information based on the
amount of a particular type of traffic being monitored. When using TopN
filtering, specify the number of switches, VLANs, or ports for which you
want to view SMON information. Then select a statistic which will be
used as the basis for the filtering.
Using TopN filtering you can, for example, view information on only the
top 5 most active ports, or on the 8 switches generating the most error
traffic.