Dell Force10 E600i FTOS Version 8.4.1.5 Configuration Guide for ExaScale - Page 768

www.dell.com | support.dell.com FTOS Behavior: The C-Series and S-Series continue to mirror outgoing traffic even after an MD participating in Spanning Tree Protocol transitions from the forwarding to blocking. Configuring Port Monitoring To configure port monitoring: Step 1 2 3 Task Command Syntax Command Mode Verify that the intended monitoring port has no configuration other than no shutdown, as shown in the example below. show interface Create a monitoring session using the command monitor session from CONFIGURATION mode, as shown in the example below. monitor session Specify the source and destination port and direction of traffic, source as shown in the example below. EXEC Privilege CONFIGURATION MONITOR SESSION Display monitor sessions using the command show monitor session from EXEC Privilege mode, as shown in the example below. FTOS(conf-if-gi-1/2)#show config ! interface GigabitEthernet 1/2 no ip address no shutdown FTOS(conf-if-gi-1/2)#exit FTOS(conf)#monitor session 0 FTOS(conf-mon-sess-0)#source gig 1/1 dest gig 1/2 direction rx FTOS(conf-mon-sess-0)#exit FTOS(conf)#do show monitor session 0 SessionID Source Destination Direction --------- ------ ----------- --------- 0 Gi 1/1 Gi 1/2 rx FTOS(conf)# Mode ---interface Type ---Port-based In Figure 41-3, the host and server are exchanging traffic which passes through interface gigabitethernet 1/ 1. Interface gigabitethernet 1/1 is the monitored port and gigabitethernet 1/2 is the monitoring port, which is configured to only monitor traffic received on gigabitethernet 1/1 (host-originated traffic). 768 | Port Monitoring