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Chapter 27 Diagnosing Switch Problems
In This Chapter ..............................................................................................................41-1
Port Mirroring Overview ...............................................................................................41-3
Port Monitoring Overview ............................................................................................41-6
Remote Monitoring (RMON) Overview .......................................................................41-8
Switch Health Overview .............................................................................................41-10
Port Mirroring .............................................................................................................41-12
Port Monitoring ...........................................................................................................41-20
Remote Monitoring (RMON) .....................................................................................41-25
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Port Mirroring Specifications .................................................................................41-3
Port Mirroring Defaults ..........................................................................................41-4
Quick Steps for Configuring Port Mirroring ..........................................................41-5
Port Monitoring Specifications ..............................................................................41-6
Port Monitoring Defaults .......................................................................................41-6
Quick Steps for Configuring Port Monitoring .......................................................41-7
RMON Specifications ............................................................................................41-8
RMON Probe Defaults ...........................................................................................41-9
Quick Steps for Enabling/Disabling RMON Probes ..............................................41-9
Switch Health Specifications ...............................................................................41-10
Switch Health Defaults .........................................................................................41-11
Quick Steps for Configuring Switch Health ........................................................41-11
What Ports Can Be Mirrored? .......................................................................41-12
How Port Mirroring Works ..................................................................................41-13
What Happens to the Mirroring Port ....................................................................41-13
Using Port Mirroring with External RMON Probes ............................................41-14
Creating a Mirroring Session ...............................................................................41-15
Unblocking Ports (Protection from Spanning Tree) ............................................41-15
Enabling or Disabling Mirroring Status ...............................................................41-16
Creating a Mirroring Session and Enabling Mirroring Status ..............................41-16
Disabling a Mirroring Session (Disabling Mirroring Status) ...............................41-16
Configuring Port Mirroring Direction ..................................................................41-17
Enabling or Disabling a Port Mirroring Session (Shorthand) ..............................41-18
Displaying Port Mirroring Status .........................................................................41-18
Deleting A Mirroring Session ..............................................................................41-19
Configuring a Port Monitoring Session ...............................................................41-20
Enabling a Port Monitoring Session .....................................................................41-21
Disabling a Port Monitoring Session ...................................................................41-21
Deleting a Port Monitoring Session .....................................................................41-21
Pausing a Port Monitoring Session ......................................................................41-21
Configuring Port Monitoring Session Persistence ...............................................41-22
Configuring a Port Monitoring Data File .............................................................41-22
Suppressing Port Monitoring File Creation .........................................................41-23
Configuring Port Monitoring Direction ...............................................................41-23
Displaying Port Monitoring Status and Data .......................................................41-24
Ethernet Statistics ..........................................................................................41-26
History (Control & Statistics) ........................................................................41-26
Alarm .............................................................................................................41-26
Event ..............................................................................................................41-26
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide
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