Port Monitor Commands; Port Monitor - Planet Networking & Communication WGSD-1022 User Manual

5.16 Port Monitor Commands

5.16.1 port monitor

The port monitor interface configuration 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
This command has no default configuration.
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. Refer to the port-monitor
vlan-tagging command below.
General Restrictions: