RMON

Remote monitoring is a standardized method to make switch and router information available to remote monitoring applications. It is an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered remotely. RMON collects statistics and enables a management station to monitor network devices from a central location. It provides multivendor interoperability between monitoring devices and management stations. RMON is described in more detail in IETF RFC 1757 and RFC 2201.