Reference Guide

764 | Port Monitoring
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• The C-Series and S-Series may only have four destination ports per port-pipe. There is no limitation on
the total number of monitoring sessions.
Table 41-1, "Maximum Number of Monitoring Sessions per System," in Port Monitoring lists the
maximum number of monitoring sessions per system. For the C-Series and S-Series, the total number of
sessions is derived by consuming a unique destination port in each session, in each port-pipe.
Port Monitoring on E-Series
Both the E-Series TeraScale and E-Series ExaScale support the following.
• FTOS supports one destination (MG) port per monitoring session. The same destination port (MG) can
be used in another monitoring session.
• One destination (MG) port can monitor up to 28 source (MD) ports.
• A port cannot be defined as both a source (MD) and a destination (MG) port (Message 1).
Table 41-1. Maximum Number of Monitoring Sessions per System
System Maximum Sessions System Maximum Sessions
C150
∞
(Note)
E1200/E1200i (TeraScale) 28
C300
∞
(Note)
E1200i (ExaScale)
∞
S50V, S50N
∞
(Note)
E600/E600i (TeraScale) 14
S25P
∞
(Note)
E600i (ExaScale)
∞
E300 6
Note: On the C-Series and S-Series, there is no limit to the number of monitoring sessions per system,
provided that there are only 4 destination ports per port-pipe. If each monitoring session has a unique
destination port, then the maximum number of session is 4 per port-pipe.
Message 1 Cannot define source (MD) and destination (MG) on same port
% Error: MD port is already being monitored.