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CHAPTER 4
MONITORING AND MANAGING THE FN100
Monitoring the FN100 consists of collecting and analyzing statistics and
system status information.
You can use the Select button on the front panel of the FN100 to monitor
segment status on any of the Ethernet ports. See Status and Activity
Indicators in Chapter 5 for a description of the status options.
Basic management of the FN100 consists of disabling or enabling
Ethernet ports, changing subnet masks, setting the community name for
the FN100, and changing the baud rate for your Local Console Manager
(LCM) connection.
4.1 FN100 MANAGEMENT TOOLS
LCM is a command-line interface built into the FN100 that enables you to
monitor and manage the FN100 through the out-of-band RS232C
connection attached to any non-intelligent terminal. You can also use one
of the following Cabletron Systems Network Management Stations
(NMSs), or a standard SNMP-based NMS to manage the FN100:
• Any SNMP-based NMS.
4.2 FN100 STATISTICS
The FN100 gathers statistics that help you build a comprehensive profile
of the network traffic flow between each Local Area Network (LAN), as
well as the network traffic flow to and from each Ethernet port on the
FN100.
FN100 statistics are divided into the following groups:
• System statistics
• Ethernet port statistics
• SNMP statistics
You can use this information to analyze your overall network
performance and to make configuration changes as necessary. For