Port Monitoring
The port monitoring feature allows you to monitor network traffic by forwarding a copy of each incoming or outgoing packet from one port
to another port.
Important Points to Remember
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Port monitoring is supported on physical ports and logical interfaces, such as port channels and virtual local area networks (VLANs).
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The monitoring (destination, “MG”) and monitored (source, “MD”) ports must be on the same switch.
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In general, a monitoring port should have
no ip address
and
no shutdown
as the only configuration; Dell Networking OS permits
a limited set of commands for monitoring ports; display them using the
?
command. A monitoring port also may not be a member of a
VLAN.
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A total of 4 MG may be configured in a single port-pipe.
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MG and MD ports can be reside anywhere across a port-pipe.
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The Dell Networking OS supports multiple source ports to be monitored by a single destination port in one monitor session.
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One monitor session can have only one MG port.
NOTE:
The monitoring port should not be a part of any other configuration.
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show running-config monitor session
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description
Enter a description of this monitoring session.
Syntax
description {
description
}
To remove the description, use the
no description {
description
}
command.
Parameters
description
Enter a description regarding this session (80 characters maximum).
Defaults
none
Command Modes
CONFIGURATION
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