Dell 9.7(0.0) manual Port Monitoring, Command Parameters Description

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Port Monitoring

The port monitoring feature allows you to monitor network traffic by forwarding a copy of each incoming or outgoing packet from one port to another port.

Important Points to Remember

•Port monitoring is supported on physical ports and logical interfaces, such as port channels and virtual local area networks (VLANs).

•The monitoring (destination, “MG”) and monitored (source, “MD”) ports must be on the same switch.

•In general, a monitoring port should have no ip address and no shutdown as the only configuration; Dell Networking OS permits a limited set of commands for monitoring ports; display them using the ? command. A monitoring port also may not be a member of a VLAN.

•A total of 4 MG may be configured in a single port-pipe.

•MG and MD ports can be reside anywhere across a port-pipe.

•The Dell Networking OS supports multiple source ports to be monitored by a single destination port in one monitor session.

•One monitor session can have only one MG port.

NOTE: The monitoring port should not be a part of any other configuration.

description

Enter a description of this monitoring session.

Syntax	description {description}
	To remove the description, use the no description {description}
	command.
Parameters	description	Enter a description regarding this session (80 characters
		maximum).
Defaults	none
Command	CONFIGURATION
Modes

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