206 Appendix A RMON alarm variables314723-D Rev 01RMON alarm variablesRMON alarm variables are divided into three categories. Each category can have anumber of subcategories.Table 65 lists the alarm variable categories and provides a brief variabledescription.Table 65 Alarm variablesCategory Subcategory Variable DefinitionSecurity rcCliNumAccessViolations.0The number of CLI access violations detected by thesystem.rcWebNumAccessBlocks.0The number of accesses blocked by the Web server.snmpInBadCommunityNames.0The total number of SNMP messages delivered tothe SNMP protocol entity that represented an SNMPoperation not allowed by the SNMP community namedin the message.Errors Interface ifInDiscards The number of inbound packets that were chosento be discarded even though no errors had beendetected to prevent their being deliverable to ahigher-layer protocol. One possible reason fordiscarding such a packet could be to free up bufferspace.ifInErrors For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of inboundpackets that contained errors preventing them frombeing deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. Forcharacter-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, thenumber of inbound transmission units that containederrors preventing them from being deliverable to ahigher-layer protocol.ifOutDiscards The number of outbound packets that were chosento be discarded even though no errors had beendetected to prevent their being transmitted. Onepossible reason for discarding such a packet couldbe to free up buffer space.ifOutErrors For packet-oriented interfaces, the number ofoutbound packets that could not be transmittedbecause of errors. For character-oriented orfixed-length interfaces, the number of outboundtransmission units that could not be transmittedbecause of errors.
