Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Port and Static Trunk Monitoring Features

CLI: Configuring Port and Static Trunk Monitoring

Port and Static Trunk Monitoring Commands Used in This Section

show monitor

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You must use the following configuration sequence to configure port and static trunk monitoring in the CLI:

1.Assign a monitoring (mirror) port.

2.Designate the port(s) and static trunk(s) to monitor.

Displaying the Monitoring Configuration. This command lists the port assigned to receive monitored traffic and the ports and/or trunks being monitored.

Syntax: show monitor

For example, if you assign port A6 as the monitoring port and configure the switch to monitor ports A1 - A3, show monitor displays the following:

Port receiving monitored traffic.

Monitored Ports

Figure B-21. Example of Monitored Port Listing

Configuring the Monitor Port. This command assigns or removes a mon­ itoring port, and must be executed from the global configuration level. Remov­ ing the monitor port disables port monitoring and resets the monitoring parameters to their factory-default settings.

Syntax: [no] mirror-port [< port-num>]

For example, to assign port A6 as the monitoring port:

HPswitch(config)# mirror-port a6

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