Command Line Reference Guide

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monitor session
c e s
Create a session for monitoring traffic.
Syntax
monitor session session-ID
To delete a session, use the no monitor session session-ID command.
To delete all monitor sessions, use the no monitor session command.
Parameters
Defaults
No default values or behaviors
Command Modes
MONITOR SESSION (conf-mon-sess-session-ID)
Command
History
Example
Figure 29-1. Command Example: monitor session
Usage
Information
All monitor sessions contain an implicit “mode interface,” that is, if no mode is designated, the mode is
set to interface as shown in the example above.
The monitor command is saved in the running configuration at the Monitor Session mode level and
can be restored after a chassis reload.
Related
Commands
show config
c e s
Display the current monitor session configuration.
Syntax
show config
Defaults
No default values or behavior
Command Modes
MONITOR SESSION (conf-mon-sess-session-ID)
Command
History
session-ID
Enter a session identification number.
Range: 0 to 65535
Version 8.3.5.0 Introduced on S55
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on S-Series
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced on E-Series
Force10(conf)# monitor session 60
Force10(conf-mon-sess-60)
show monitor session Display the monitor session
show running-config monitor session Display the running configuration of a monitor session
Version 8.3.5.0 Introduced on S55
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on S-Series