Dell Force10 S55T S55 Configuration Guide FTOS 8.3.5.3 - Page 532

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 Verify that the intended monitoring port has no configuration other than no shutdown, as shown in Figure 28-6. Create a monitoring session using the command monitor session from CONFIGURATION mode, as shown in Figure 28-6. Specify the source and destination port and direction of traffic, as shown in Figure 28-6. Command Syntax show interface Command Mode EXEC Privilege monitor session CONFIGURATION source MONITOR SESSION Display monitor sessions using the command show monitor session from EXEC Privilege mode, as shown in Figure 28-6. Figure 28-6. Configuring Port-based Monitoring Force10(conf-if-gi-1/2)#show config ! interface GigabitEthernet 1/2 no ip address no shutdown Force10(conf-if-gi-1/2)#exit Force10(conf)#monitor session 0 Force10(conf-mon-sess-0)#source gig 1/1 dest gig 1/2 direction rx Force10(conf-mon-sess-0)#exit Force10(conf)#do show monitor session 0 SessionID Source Destination Direction Mode --------- ------ ----------- --------- ---- 0 Gi 1/1 Gi 1/2 rx interface Force10(conf)# Type ---Port-based In Figure 28-7, 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). 532 | Port Monitoring