Monitor Session - Supermicro SSE-G48-TG4 Reference Manual

Super Micro Intelligent Switch Command Line Interface User Guide

3.69 monitor session

This command enables port-mirroring in the switch and the no form of the command disables port
mirroring in the switch.
monitor session [session_number 1-1] { destination interface
<interface-type> <interface-id> | source interface <interface-type>
<interface-id> [{ rx | tx | both }] }
no monitor session [session_number:1] [{ source interface <interface-
type> <interface-id> |destination interface <interface-type><interface-
id > }]
Syntax Description
session_number 1-1 - Specifies the session number identified with the session
destination interface - Specifies the destination interface or the mirror-to port. Valid
interfaces are physical ports. There can only be one mirror-to port per switch.
source interface - Specifies the interface for the traffic that is to be mirrored. Valid
interfaces include physical ports.
Rx - Received traffic is mirrored
Tx - Transmitted traffic is mirrored
Both - Specifies the traffic direction to monitor. If the traffic direction is not specified, both
transmitted and received traffic is mirrored.
Mode
Global Configuration Mode
Defaults
Port Mirroring is disabled
Example
SMIS(config)# monitor session source interface gigabitEthernet 0/2
A port that is a member of a port-channel cannot be a mirror-to port.
Related Command
show port-monitoring - Displays port-monitoring information
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