Port Monitoring - Dell MXL 10GbE Reference Manual

Port Monitoring

The port monitoring feature allows you to monitor network traffic by forwarding a copy of each
incoming or outgoing packet from one port to another port.
Important Points to Remember
• Port monitoring is supported on physical ports and logical interfaces, such as Port Channels and
virtual local area networks (VLANs).
• The monitoring (destination, "MG") and monitored (source, "MD") ports must be on the same switch.
• In general, a monitoring port should have no ip address and no shutdown as the only
configuration; Dell Networking operating software permits a limited set of commands for monitoring
ports; display them using the ? command. A monitoring port also may not be a member of a VLAN.
• A total of 4 MG can be configured in a single port-pipe.
• MG and MD ports can reside anywhere across a port-pipe.
• Dell Networking operating software supports multiple source ports to be monitored by a single
destination port in one monitor session.
• One monitor session can have only one MG port.
NOTE: The monitoring port should not be a part of any other configuration.
Description
Enter a description of this monitoring session.
Syntax
description {description}
To remove the description, use the no description {description}
command.
Parameters
description
Defaults none
Command CONFIGURATION
Modes
Command
Version 9.4(0.0)
History
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Enter a description regarding this session (80 characters
maximum).
Added support for the RPM / ERPM.
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