Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Interface Monitoring Features

Interface Monitoring Features

Port Monitoring Features

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

display monitoring

disabled

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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 traffic on:

Ports and static trunks: Allows monitoring of individual ports, groups of contiguous ports, and port trunks.

Static VLANs: Allows traffic monitoring on one static VLAN.

Meshed ports: Allows traffic monitoring on all ports configured for mesh­ ing on the switch.

The switch monitors network activity by copying all traffic inbound on the specified interfaces to the designated monitoring port, to which a network analyzer can be attached.

N o t e

VLANs, a switch mesh, and port trunks cannot be used as a monitoring port.

 

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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