Port Monitoring - Dell PowerEdge M IO Aggregator Command Reference Manual

Port Monitoring

The Aggregator supports multiple source-destination statements in a monitor session, but there may only
be one destination port in a monitoring session
Message 2 One Destination Port in a Monitoring Session Error Message
% Error: Only one MG port is allowed in a session.
The number of source ports supported in a port pipe is equal to the number of physical ports in the port
pipe. Multiple source ports may have up to four different destination ports
In Figure
to four different destinations (0/33, 0/34 0/35, and 0/37). Another source port from the same port-pipe (for
example, 0/17) does not support a new destination (for example, 0/40). If you attempt to configure another
destination, an error message is displayed
session that uses one of previously configured destination ports.
Figure 15-1. Number of Monitoring Ports
FTOS#show mon session
SessionID
---------
FTOS(conf)# monitor session 300
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)# source tengig 0/17 destination tengig 0/40 direction tx
% Error: Exceeding max MG ports for this MD port pipe.
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)# source tengig 0/17 destination tengig 0/33 direction tx
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)# do show monitor session
SessionID
---------
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#
186 | Port Monitoring
15-1, ports 0/13, 0/14, 0/15, and 0/16 all belong to the same port-pipe. These ports mirror traffic
Source
------
0 TenGig 0/13
10 TenGig 0/14
20 TenGig 0/15
30 TenGig 0/16
Source
------
0 TenGig 0/13
10 TenGig 0/14
20 TenGig 0/15
30 TenGig 0/16
300 TenGig 0/17
(Message 2).
(Message 3). However, you can configure another monitoring
Destination Direction
----------- ---------
TenGig 0/33 rx
TenGig 0/34 rx
TenGig 0/35 rx
TenGig 0/37 rx
Destination Direction
----------- ---------
TenGig 0/33 rx
TenGig 0/34 rx
TenGig 0/35 rx
TenGig 0/37 rx
TenGig 0/33 tx
(Message 3).
Mode Type
---- ----
interface Port-based
interface Port-based
interface Port-based
interface Port-based
Mode Type
---- ----
interface Port-based
interface Port-based
interface Port-based
interface Port-based
interface Port-based