Cisco offers a complete family of dedicated, enhanced LAN, WAN, and ATM Remote Monitoring (RMON) probes for comprehensive, end-to-end, seven-layer monitoring of an enterprise network. The SwitchProbe products provide powerful distributed management architecture for in-depth traffic analysis, troubleshooting, trend reporting, and proactive network management. The real-time traffic analysis and trend-reporting capabilities of SwitchProbe devices provide visibility into network behavior for long-term planning. They provide the diagnostic information needed for troubleshooting the Media Access Control, network, or application-layer problems before they can affect network availability. The probes' network-based thresholding and alarm capabilities provide an early warning system to help improve network reliability and availability.A typical enterprise network can be equipped with multiple SwitchProbes with one probe connected to each critical link or to a switch's diagnostic port. SwitchProbes are managed and controlled from a centrally located network management console.