Reference Guide

694 | Port Monitoring
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Figure 37-4. Port Monitoring Configurations on the S5000
Configuring Port Monitoring
To configure port monitoring:
Display monitor sessions using the command
show monitor session from EXEC Privilege mode, as shown in
Figure 37-5.
Figure 37-5. Configuring Port-based Monitoring
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Verify that the intended monitoring port has no
configuration other than no shutdown, as shown in
Figure 37-5.
show interface
EXEC Privilege
2 Create a monitoring session using the command monitor
session from CONFIGURATION mode, as shown in
Figure 37-5.
monitor session
CONFIGURATION
3 Specify the source and destination port and direction of
traffic, as shown in Figure 37-5.
source
MONITOR SESSION
Port-Pipe 0
Port-Pipe 1
Port-Pipe 0
MDMonitor Session 0
MG
MD
Monitor Session 1
Monitor Session 2
Stack Unit 0 Stack Unit 1
Port-Pipe 1
MD
MD
MG
MD
MG
MD
MG
Dell(conf-if-te-1/2)#show config
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet 1/2
no ip address
no shutdown
Dell(conf-if-te-1/2)#exit
Dell(conf)#monitor session 0
Dell(conf-mon-sess-0)#source gig 1/1 dest gig 1/2 direction rx
Dell(conf-mon-sess-0)#exit
Dell(conf)#do show monitor session 0
SessionID Source Destination Direction Mode Type
--------- ------ ----------- --------- ---- ----
0 Te 1/1 Te 1/2 rx interface Port-based
Dell(conf)#