Catalyst 4006 L3 Switch (RMON?)

[glynncounty]

I have ver 12.1.(13)EW on this switch. We have a Fluke OptiView to help in network troubleshooting. But in order to pull a history from the device I have to turn on RMON.. In the 4006 under config t... You have two choice with RMON alarm or RMON event I don't understand how I use these so I can see the usage history from our Fluke Optiview...

[Giuseppe Larosa]

Hello David,

you can use the following for RMON

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/ios/netmgmt/configuration/guide/nm_cfg_rmon_sup_ps6017_TSD_Products_Configuration_Guide_Chapter.html

or

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/netmgmt/configuration/guide/nm_cfg_rmon_sup_ps6017_TSD_Products_Configuration_Guide_Chapter.html

with RMON the devices collects SNMP MIB variables over time on itself and can send messages (alarms) when a specified condition (event) happens this is different from SNMP polling where an agent performs gets every x minutes.

Hope to help

Giuseppe

[glynncounty]

Router(config-if)# rmon collection history {controlEntry integer} [owner ownername] [buckets bucket-number] [interval seconds]

Enables an RMON history group of statistics on an interface.

rmon collection history is what I believe I have and naturally I guess either my IOS doesn't support it or I need another Sup engine.

[jbrenesj]

4000 IOS 12.1 only supports mini-RMON

What sup model do you have?

[glynncounty]

according to cisco view...

WS-X4515 Supervisor Engine IV

[Giuseppe Larosa]

Hello David,

the link I've provided is not specific of your platform.

of course what you see is what you can get on the device.

Hope to help

Giuseppe

[jbrenesj]

Supervisor Engine IV can run 12.2 codes so you can consider moving to a newer IOS but consult with Fluke to know what kind of config you need on the switch for your particular traffic/event monitoring needs