Port Monitor Commands; Port Monitor - Dell PowerConnect 5324 Command Line Interface Reference Manual

Port Monitor Commands

port monitor

The port monitor Interface Configuration mode command starts a port monitoring session. To
stop a port monitoring session, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
port monitor src-interface [rx | tx]
no port monitor src-interface
• src-interface—Valid Ethernet port or port-channel number.
• rx—Monitors received packets only. If no option specified, monitors both rx and tx.
• tx—Monitors transmitted packets only. If no option specified, monitors both rx and tx.
Default Configuration
The default is both rx and tx.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration mode
User Guidelines
• This command enables traffic on one port to be copied to another port, or between the source
port (src-interface) and a destination port (the port being configured). Only a single target
port can be defined per system.
• The port being monitored cannot be set faster than the monitoring port.
• The following restrictions apply to ports configured to be destination ports:
• The port cannot be already configured as a source port.
• The port cannot be a member in a port-channel.
• An IP interface is not configured on the port.
• GVRP is not enabled on the port.
• The port is not a member in any VLAN, except for the default VLAN (will automatically
be removed from the default VLAN).
• The following restrictions apply to ports configured to be source ports:
• Port monitoring Source Ports must be simple ports, and not port-channels.
• The port cannot be already configured as a destination port.
• All the frames are transmitted as either always tagged or always untagged.
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