High Availability For Rmon; Virtualization Support For Rmon; Licensing Requirements For Rmon; Prerequisites For Rmon - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring RMON
• SNMP notification—Sends an SNMP risingAlarm or fallingAlarm notification when the associated
• Log—Adds an entry in the RMON log table when the associated alarm triggers.
• Both—Sends an SNMP notification and adds an entry in the RMON log table when the associated alarm
You can specify a different even for a falling alarm and a rising alarm.
Note You may choose to use the default RMON events template configuration or you can delete these entries
and create new RMON events. Until you create RMON alarm configurations, no alarms will be triggered
by these configurations.

High Availability for RMON

Cisco NX-OS supports stateless restarts for RMON. After a reboot or supervisor switchover, Cisco NX-OS
applies the running configuration.

Virtualization Support for RMON

Cisco NX-OS supports one instance of RMON.
RMON is virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) aware. You can configure RMON to use a particular VRF to
reach the RMON SMTP server.

Licensing Requirements for RMON

Product
Cisco
NX-OS

Prerequisites for RMON

If you configure VDCs, install the appropriate license and enter the desired VDC. See the Cisco Nexus 7000
Series NX-OS Virtual Device Context Configuration Guide for configuration information and the Cisco NX-OS
Licensing Guide for licensing information.

Guidelines and Limitations for RMON

RMON has the following configuration guidelines and limitations:
alarm triggers.
triggers.
License Requirement
RMON requires no license. Any feature not included in a license package is bundled with
the nx-os image and is provided at no extra charge to you. For a complete explanation of the
Cisco NX-OS licensing scheme, see the Cisco NX-OS Licensing Guide.
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