User guide

Contents
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide April 2005 xxi
Port Mirroring Defaults ..........................................................................................26-4
Quick Steps for Configuring Port Mirroring ..........................................................26-5
Port Monitoring Overview ............................................................................................26-6
Port Monitoring Specifications ..............................................................................26-6
Port Monitoring Defaults .......................................................................................26-6
Quick Steps for Configuring Port Monitoring .......................................................26-7
Remote Monitoring (RMON) Overview .......................................................................26-8
RMON Specifications ............................................................................................26-8
RMON Probe Defaults ...........................................................................................26-9
Quick Steps for Enabling/Disabling RMON Probes ..............................................26-9
Switch Health Overview .............................................................................................26-10
Switch Health Specifications ...............................................................................26-10
Switch Health Defaults .........................................................................................26-11
Quick Steps for Configuring Switch Health ........................................................26-11
Port Mirroring .............................................................................................................26-12
What Ports Can Be Mirrored? .......................................................................26-12
How Port Mirroring Works ..................................................................................26-13
What Happens to the Mirroring Port ....................................................................26-13
Using Port Mirroring with External RMON Probes ............................................26-14
Creating a Mirroring Session ...............................................................................26-15
Unblocking Ports (Protection from Spanning Tree) ............................................26-15
Enabling or Disabling Mirroring Status ...............................................................26-16
Creating a Mirroring Session and Enabling Mirroring Status ..............................26-16
Disabling a Mirroring Session (Disabling Mirroring Status) ...............................26-16
Configuring Port Mirroring Direction ..................................................................26-17
Enabling or Disabling a Port Mirroring Session (Shorthand) ..............................26-18
Displaying Port Mirroring Status .........................................................................26-18
Deleting A Mirroring Session ..............................................................................26-19
Port Monitoring ...........................................................................................................26-20
Configuring a Port Monitoring Session ...............................................................26-20
Enabling a Port Monitoring Session .....................................................................26-21
Disabling a Port Monitoring Session ...................................................................26-21
Deleting a Port Monitoring Session .....................................................................26-21
Pausing a Port Monitoring Session ......................................................................26-21
Configuring Port Monitoring Session Persistence ...............................................26-22
Configuring a Port Monitoring Data File .............................................................26-22
Suppressing Port Monitoring File Creation .........................................................26-23
Configuring Port Monitoring Direction ...............................................................26-23
Displaying Port Monitoring Status and Data .......................................................26-24
Remote Monitoring (RMON) .....................................................................................26-25
Ethernet Statistics ..........................................................................................26-26
History (Control & Statistics) ........................................................................26-26
Alarm .............................................................................................................26-26
Event ..............................................................................................................26-26
Enabling or Disabling RMON Probes ..................................................................26-27
Displaying RMON Tables ....................................................................................26-28
Displaying a List of RMON Probes ..............................................................26-28
Displaying Statistics for a Particular RMON Probe ......................................26-29
Sample Display for Ethernet Statistics Probe ................................................26-29