System information

264 Actions Menu
RMON Probe Configuration – Edit Probe Entry Tab
This section provides Observer with the basic RMON Probe connection and timing
values.
• “Name” textbox—allows you to specify a name that will be listed for the Probe on the
list of Probes in Observer.
• “IP address” textbox—allows you to enter the IP address of the RMON Probe.
• “Comment” textbox—allows you to enter any comment that might help identify the
Probe. This information will be displayed in the Observer list of Probes.
• “Read Community String” textbox—allows you to enter the Read Community String
for the Probe; the default is “public.” This string may be considered the “password”
string for reading data from this Probe.
• “Write Community String” textbox—allows you to enter the Write Community String
for the Probe; the default is “public.” This string may be considered the “password”
string for writing configuration data to this Probe.
• “Trap Community String” textbox—allows you to enter the Trap Community String
for the Probe; the default is “public.” This string may be considered the “password”
string for writing configuration data to this probe.
Timing:
• “Communication timeout (1-60 sec)” textbox—allows you to define how long (in
seconds) to wait from a response from the Probe.
• “Number of retries (1-6)” textbox—allows you to define how many times to retry
communication if no response is received within the Communication timeout period.
• “Statistics report (refresh) period (3-600 sec)” textbox—allows you to define the
number of seconds between refreshing RMON tables and modes that display time
based statistics.