Starting A Port Monitoring Session (Pmon) - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

Starting a Port Monitoring Session (pmon)

You enable a port monitoring session through the
followed by the slot and port number that you want to monitor. For example, to moni-
tor a port that is the first port in the fourth slot of the switch, you would enter
You can only monitor Ethernet 10BaseT ports. If a port is already being mirrored (enabled
through the or
than one monitoring session on the same port.
If the port is currently being monitored, or mirrored, the following message displays:
If the port is not being monitored, or mirrored, the following message displays:
Enter a and press
If you want to change any of the values, enter a
for all of the values in the screen except the
the command before starting the session. The information selected in this screen will
be saved in flash configuration memory.
Enter any new values as prompted. The above screen re-displays to show the new values.
Press to accept the updated values. Messages similar to the following display:
The port monitoring session has begun. What happens at this point depends on whether you
chose the
If you change the capture filename from the default,
you must specify
in the flash directory.
command) you cannot monitor it. Also, you cannot set up more
at this prompt. The following screen of options displays:
option. The sections below describe what happens in each case.
o Note o
. Otherwise, the file will be saved
command. To start a session, enter
and press . You will be prompted
, which you must change through
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