Specifications

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Appendix C
SpectroWATCH
This appendix contains information on using SpectroWATCH with the RMON Management
Module.
Watches
The RMON Management Module uses SpectroWATCH to perform various
calculations on the parameters of the RMON Statistics Groups. These
calculations are specified as Watches for the RMONEthProbe and
RMONTRProbe model types.
The calculations provide aggregate information such as segment performance
information as well as individual rate calculations for each Statistic Group
parameter. This data may be utilized in a variety of ways, such as in a user
created GIB used to dynamically monitor these values, or by making these
Watches logged and writing the results to Spectrum’s archive system. When
the results are written to Spectrum’s archive system, the system enables
historical reporting on the data using Spectrum Reports. These calculations
are also the source for Monitor Point performance statistics rolled up to a
Network model when a Probe model is used as the Network's Monitor Point.
Enabling Rmon Watches
A complete set of Watches for Statistic Group parameters is provided with the
RMON Management Module for both the RMONEthProbe and
RMONTRProbe model types. These are listed in the following section.
The watches are fully configured and set to active by default. Therefore, the
user is not required to start or work with SpectroWATCH to get started.
However, this feature is enabled for RMON model types only when the Probe
has been copied into a Network model as a Monitor Point candidate.
Attempting to utilize these Watch attributes otherwise will result in a failure.