How Monitor Link Works; Configuring Monitor Link; Configuration Prerequisites; Creating A Monitor Link Group - HP A5830 series Configuration Manual

Downlink ports are the monitoring ports. The state of the downlink ports in a monitor link group
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adapts to that of the monitor link group. When the state of a monitor link group changes, the state
of its member downlink ports change accordingly. The state of the downlink ports in a monitor link
group is always consistent with that of the monitor link group.
Uplink/Downlink
The uplink is the link that connects the uplink ports in a monitor link group, and the downlink is the link
that connects the downlink ports.

How Monitor Link works

A monitor link group works independently of other monitor link groups. When a monitor link group
contains no uplink port or when all its uplink ports are down, the monitor link group goes down and
forces all downlink ports down at the same time. When any uplink port goes up, the monitor link group
goes up and brings up all downlink ports.
HP does not recommend shutting down manually or bringing up the downlink ports in a monitor link
group.

Configuring Monitor Link

Configuration prerequisites

Make sure that the port is not the member port of any aggregation group or service loopback group.

Creating a monitor link group

To do...
• Enter system view
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Create a monitor link group, and enter
monitor link group view

Configuring monitor link group member ports

You can configure member ports for a monitor link group either in monitor link group view or interface
view. The configurations made in these two views lead to the same result.
In monitor link group view
To configure member ports for a monitor link group in monitor link group view:
To do...
• Enter system view
• Enter monitor link group view
• Configure member ports for the
monitor link group
Use the command...
system-view
monitor-link group group-id
Use the command...
system-view
monitor-link group group-id
port interface-type interface-number
{ uplink | downlink }
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