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Figure 37-2. Number of Monitoring Ports on the S5000

In Figure 37-3, 0/25 and 0/26 belong to Port-pipe 1. This port-pipe again has the same restriction of only

four destination ports, new or used.

Figure 37-3. Number of Monitoring Ports on the S5000

A source port may only be monitored by one destination port (Message 3), but a destination port may

monitor more than one source port. Given these parameters, Figure 37-1 illustrates conceptually the

possible port monitoring configurations on the S5000.

Message 2 One Destination Port in a Monitoring Session Error Message on the S5000

% Error: Exceeding max MG ports for this MD port pipe.

Message 3 One Destination Port per Source Port Error Message

% Error: MD port is already being monitored.

Dell(conf)#mon ses 300

Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#source gig 0/17 destination gig 0/4 direction tx

% Error: Exceeding max MG ports for this MD port pipe.

Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#

Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#source gig 0/17 destination gig 0/1 direction tx

Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#do show mon session

SessionID Source Destination Direction Mode Type

--------- ------ ----------- --------- ---- ----

0 Te 0/13 Te 0/1 rx interface Port-based

10 Te 0/14 Te 0/2 rx interface Port-based

20 Te 0/15 Te 0/3 rx interface Port-based

30 Te 0/16 Te 0/37 rx interface Port-based

300 Te 0/17 Te 0/1 tx interface Port-based