Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual page 817

Figure 38-3. Number of Monitoring Ports on the C-Series and S-Series
FTOS(conf)#mon ses 300
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#source gig 0/17 destination gig 0/4 direction tx
% Error: Exceeding max MG ports for this MD port pipe.
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#source gig 0/17 destination gig 0/1 direction tx
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#do show mon session
SessionID
---------
10
20
30
300
In Figure 38-4, 0/25 and 0/26 belong to Port-pipe 1. This port-pipe again has the same restriction of only
four destination ports, new or used.
Figure 38-4. Number of Monitoring Ports on the C-Series and S-Series
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#do show mon session
SessionID
---------
10
20
30
100
110
300
FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#
A source port may only be monitored by one destination port
monitor more than one source port. Given these parameters,
possible port monitoring configurations on the C-Series and S-Series.
Message 5 One Destination Port in a Monitoring Session Error Message on C-Series and S-Series
% Error: Exceeding max MG ports for this MD port pipe.
Message 6 One Destination Port per Source Port Error Message
% Error: MD port is already being monitored.
Source Destination
------ -----------
0 Gi 0/13 Gi 0/1
Gi 0/14 Gi 0/2
Gi 0/15 Gi 0/3
Gi 0/16 Gi 0/37
Gi 0/17 Gi 0/1
Source Destination
------ -----------
0 Gi 0/13 Gi 0/1
Gi 0/14 Gi 0/2
Gi 0/15 Gi 0/3
Gi 0/16 Gi 0/37
Gi 0/25 Gi 0/38
Gi 0/26 Gi 0/39
Gi 0/17 Gi 0/1
Direction Mode
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rx interface
rx interface
rx interface
rx interface
tx interface
Direction Mode
--------- ----
rx interface
rx interface
rx interface
rx interface
tx interface
tx interface
tx interface
(Message 6), but a destination port may
Figure 38-1 illustrates conceptually the
Type
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Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Type
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Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
Port-based
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