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Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Interface Monitoring Features

Interface Monitoring Features

Port Monitoring Features

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

display monitoring

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configuration

 

 

 

 

configure the monitor port(s)

ports: none

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selecting or removing ports

none selected

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You can designate monitoring of inbound and outbound traffic on ports and static trunks. The switch monitors network activity by copying all traffic inbound and outbound on the specified interfaces to the designated monitor­ ing port, to which a network analyzer can be attached.

If a tagged packet arrives on a monitored port, the packet will remain tagged when it goes out a monitored port even if that port is configured as untagged. If the packet is untagged, it will remain untagged going out the monitor port. The monitor port state (tagged or untagged) does not affect the tagging of the packet. However, egress mirroring does not reflect the tagged or untagged characteristic to the mirror port, instead it reflects the tagged or untagged characteristic of the mirror port.

When both inbound and outbound monitoring is done, and IGMP is enabled on any VLAN, you may get two copies of IGMP packets on the monitored port.

VLANs and port trunks cannot be used as a monitoring port.

The switch can monitor static LACP trunks, but not dynamic LACP trunks.

It is possible, when monitoring multiple interfaces in networks with high traffic levels, to copy more traffic to a monitor port than the link can support. In this case, some packets may not be copied to the monitor port.

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