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
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Port monitoring is supported on physical ports and logical interfaces, such as port channels and virtual
local area networks (VLANs).
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The monitoring (destination, "MG") and monitored (source, "MD") ports must be on the same switch.
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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.
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A total of 4 MG may be configured in a single port-pipe.
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MG and MD ports can be reside anywhere across a port-pipe.
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The Dell Networking OS supports multiple source ports to be monitored by a single destination port in
one monitor session.
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One monitor session can have only one MG port.
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PE Gigabit Ethernet (peGigE) ports can be added as source ports only. You cannot add cascade ports as
destination ports.
NOTE:
The monitoring port should not be a part of any other configuration.
Topics:
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description
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monitor session
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show config
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show monitor session
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show running-config monitor session
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source (port monitoring)
Port Monitoring
Port Monitoring
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