Dell S3100 Command Line Reference Guide for the Series 9.100.0 - Page 1037

42 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 OS 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 may be configured in a single port-pipe. • MG and MD ports can be reside anywhere across a port-pipe. • The Dell Networking OS 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. Topics: • description • monitor multicast-queue • monitor session • rate-limit • show config • show monitor session • show running-config monitor session • source (port monitoring) description Enter a description of this monitoring session. Syntax description {description} To remove the description, use the no description {description} command. Parameters description Enter a description regarding this session (80 characters maximum). Defaults none Command Modes CONFIGURATION Command History This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide. Version Description 9.8(2.0) 9.8(1.0) 9.8(0.0P5) 9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3100 series. Introduced on the Z9100-ON. Introduced on the S4048-ON. Introduced on the S3048-ON. Port Monitoring 1037