Cisco Systems DSC9148D8G48PK9 manual Configuring a Port Monitor Port Guard

Chapter 2 Configuring Interfaces

Configuring Interfaces

Activating a Port Monitor Policy

Detailed Steps

To activate a port monitor policy, follow these steps:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1
	switch# config t	Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
	switch(config)# port-monitor activate	Activates the specified port monitor policy.
	policyname
	switch(config)# port-monitor activate	Activates the default port monitor policy.
	switch(config)# no port-monitor activate	Deactivates the specified port monitoring policy.
	policyname

Configuring a Port Monitor Port Guard

Detailed Steps

	To configure a port monitor policy, follow these steps:
	Command	Purpose
Step 1
	switch# config t	Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
	switch(config)# port-monitor name policyname	Specifies the policy name and enters the port
		monitoring policy configuration mode.
	switch(config)# no port-monitor name	Removes the policy.
	policyname
Step 3
	switch(config-port-monitor)# counter	Specifies the delta link loss, poll interval in
	link-loss poll-interval seconds delta	seconds, the thresholds in percentage, and the
	rising-threshold percentage1 event event-id	event IDs of events to be triggered. It also
	falling-threshold percentage2 event event-id
		specifies that the port is flappped (is up or down)
	portguard flap
		when the event occurs.
Step 4
	switch(config-port-monitor)# counter	Specifies the delta link loss, poll interval in
	link-loss poll-interval seconds delta	seconds, the thresholds in percentage, and the
	rising-threshold percentage1 event event-id	event IDs of events to be triggered. It also
	falling-threshold percentage2 event event-id
		specifies that the interface is down (error
	portguard errordisable
		disabled) when the event occurs.
Note	By default, the port monitor port guard is disabled. To enable this feature, you must explicitly configure
	the port monitor port guard feature on a particular counter by performing Step 3 or Step 4.

Configuring Port Group Monitor

This section includes the following topics:

•Enabling Port Group Monitor, page 2-35

•Configuring a Port Group Monitor Policy, page 2-35

	Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide
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