Effect of RMON (remote monitor ) on switches ?

[selva Kathir]

Hi ,

I am planning to implement RMON remote monitoring in my switch will it any huge effect on  CPU utlization .

Whether it is resource specific .

I am planning to monitor bandwidth utilization of all the ports in my lan using RMON .

Is there any alternative o  monitor bandwidth utilization ??

I am using LMS 4.2

Need some comments on it .

thanks ,

Selva .

[selva Kathir]

Hi all ,

Have any one used RMON ? will it be CPU intensive? I have some 2950 switches , whether RMON (remote monitor )  will have any effect on those low end switches .

looking for some comments ,

Thanks in advance ,

Selva.

[selva Kathir]

What will be the effect of rmon on switches

[tkatsiaounis]

This is a very good tutorial on RMON

http://etutorials.org/Networking/network+management/Part+II+Implementations+on+the+Cisco+Devices/Chapter+5.+RMON/

It includes the way it work and everything. I hope you find it useful.