RMON Framework Update

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RMON Framework Update

• Steve Waldbusser
• Bob Cole
• Carl Kalbfleisch
• Dan Romascanu

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• 5 Definition of RMON .............................
  ................. 4
• 6 Goals of RMON ..................................
  ................. 4
• 7 RMON Standards .................................
  ................. 6
• 7.1 RMON-1 ......................................
  .................. 6
• 7.2 Token Ring Extensions to RMON MIB
  ............................. 8
• 7.3 The RMON-2 MIB ..............................
  .................. 9
• 7.4 RMON MIB Protocol Identifiers
  ................................. 11
• 7.5 Remote Network Monitoring MIB Extensions for
  Switched Networks.. 11
• 7.6 RMON MIB Extensions for Interface Parameters
  Monitoring ....... 12
• 7.7 RMON Extensions for Differentiated Services
  (DSMON MIB) ....... 12
• 7.8 RMON for High Capacity Networks
  ............................... 14
• 7.9 Application Performance Measurement MIB
  ....................... 14
• 7.10 RMON MIB Protocol Identifier Reference
  Extensions ............ 16
• 7.11 Transport Performance Metrics MIB
  ............................ 17
• 7.12 Synthetic Sources for Performance
  Monitoring MIB ............. 18
• 7.13 RMON MIB Extensions for High Capacity
  Alarms ................. 18
• 8 RMON Framework Components ......................
  ................. 19
• 8.1 MediaIndependent Table ......................
  .................. 19
• 8.2 Protocol Directory ..........................
  .................. 19

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Todo List

• Section 8.2 needs to be pared down to the right
  level of detail to be consistent with the rest of
  the doc Done
• Section on capabilities Done
• We need to look into section 9 further. It seems
  very sspm-oriented. Nearly done
• Section on control tables In Progress
• The diagram really needs more work. In Progress
• Address whether we should add common usage
  examples and rename the doc to something like
  "Introduction to the RMON Family of MIBs".
• Overall proofreading, etc.

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Diagram

• Network Application Diff.
  Monitoring Sorting
• Topology Perf. Monitoring Svcs. Mon.
  Methods Methods
• lt----------gt lt-----------------gt lt--------gt
  lt-------gt lt---gt
• ------------ -------- -------- ----------
  ---- --- --- ---
• Application APM TPM DSMON
  P S
• Layer
  A S I
• ------------ -------- -------- ----------
  S P F
• 
  S M T
• ------------ ----------------------------------
  I O
• Network RMON2
  V A P
• Layer
  E C N
• ------------ ----------------------------------
  ----- T
• 
  M I
• ------------ ---------- --------
  O V
• Data Link RMON1 SMON
  N E
• Layer
  
• ------------ ---------- --------
  --- --- ---

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Potential Revised Diagram

• Network
• Topology
• ------------ -------- --------
  ----------
• Application RMON2 APM
  DSMON
• Layer ?
  
• ------------ --------
  ----------
• ------------ ---------
• Transport TPM
• Layer
• ------------ ---------
• ------------
• Network
• Layer
• ------------ ---------
• ------------ -------- --------
• Data Link RMON1 SMON
• Layer
• ------------ -------- --------

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Or change to a table

• Data Link Network Transport
  Application
• Layer Layer Layer
  Layer
• RMON-1 X
• RMON-2 X X X
• SMON X
• TPM X
• APM X
• ...

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Application Layer Metrics vs. Application-Layer
Bucketization

• Metric Layers
• Application Performance Metric
• Application Response Time
• Data-Link Performance Metric
• FCS Errors
• Application Layer Bucketization
• FCS Errors for HTTP Traffic vs. SAP/R3 traffic

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Change to 2 tables?

• Metrics
• Data Link Network Transport Application
• Layer Layer Layer
  Layer
• RMON-1 X
• RMON-2 X
• TPM X
• APM X
• Bucketization
• Data Link Network Transport
  Application
• Layer Layer Layer
  Layer
• RMON-1 X
• RMON-2 X X X
• TPM X X X
• APM X X X
• ...

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Scope and Title

• Should we add
• Tips and techniques for problem solving with RMON
• common usage examples
• probe placement strategies
• Should we change the title?
• E.g., "Introduction to the RMON Family of MIBs".