Command Line Reference Guide

source (port monitoring)
Configure a port monitor source.
Syntax
source interface destination interface direction {rx | tx |
both}
To disable a monitor source, use the no source interface destination
interface direction {rx | tx | both} command.
Parameters
interface Enter the one of the following keywords and slot/port
information:
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
destination Enter the keyword destination to indicate the interface
destination.
direction {rx | tx
| both}
Enter the keyword direction followed by one of the
packet directional indicators.
• rx: to monitor receiving packets only.
• tx: to monitor transmitting packets only.
• both: to monitor both transmitting and receiving
packets.
Defaults none
Command
Modes
MONITOR SESSION (conf-mon-sess-session-ID)
Command
History
Version 8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Example
Dell(conf-mon-sess-11)#source tengig 10/0 destination tengig
10/47 direction
rx
Dell(conf-mon-sess-11)#
Usage
Information
The monitored (source) interface must be a server-facing interface in the format
slot/port, where valid slot numbers are 0-1 and server-facing port numbers are
from 1 to 32.
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