Dell Force10 S55T FTOS Command Line Reference Guide for the S55 System FTOS 8. - Page 779

29 Port Monitoring Overview The Port Monitoring feature enables you to monitor network traffic by forwarding a copy of each incoming or outgoing packet from one port to another port. The commands in this chapter are generally supported on the C-Series, E-Series, and S-Series, with one exception, as noted in the Command History fields and by these symbols under the command headings: c e s Commands • description • flow-based enable • monitor session • show config • show monitor session • show running-config monitor session • source Important Points to Remember • On the E-Series, Port Monitoring is supported on TeraScale and ExaScale platforms. • Port Monitoring is supported on physical ports only. Logical interfaces, such as Port Channels and VLANs, are not supported. • FTOS supports as many monitor sessions on a system as the number of port-pipes. • A SONET port can only be configured as a monitored port. • The monitoring (destination, "MG") and monitored (source, "MD") ports must be on the same switch. • A monitoring port can monitor any physical port in the chassis. • Only one MG and one MD may be in a single port-pipe. • A monitoring port can monitor more than one port. • More than one monitored port can have the same destination monitoring port. • FTOS on the S-Series supports multiple source ports to be monitored by a single destination port in one monitor session. Port Monitoring | 779