Administrator Guide

source TenGigabitEthernet 0/0 destination TenGigabitEthernet 0/2 direction both
Dell (conf-mon-sess-2)#
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Conguring Port Monitoring
To congure port monitoring, use the following commands.
1. Verify that the intended monitoring port has no conguration other than no shutdown, as shown in the following example.
EXEC Privilege mode
show interface
2. Create a monitoring session using the command monitor session from CONFIGURATION mode, as shown in the following
example.
CONFIGURATION mode
monitor session
monitor session type rpm/erpm
type is an optional keyword, required only for rpm and erpm
3. Specify the source and destination port and direction of trac, as shown in the following example.
MONITOR SESSION mode
source
Example of Viewing Port Monitoring Conguration
To display information on currently congured port-monitoring sessions, use the show monitor session command from EXEC
Privilege mode.
Dell(conf)#monitor session 0
Dell(conf-mon-sess-0)#$source ten 0/0 dest ten 0/1 dir rx
Dell(conf-mon-sess-0)#show c
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monitor session 0
source TenGigabitEthernet 0/0 destination TenGigabitEthernet 0/1 direction rx
Dell(conf-mon-sess-0)#
Dell(conf-mon-sess-0)#do show monitor session
SessID Source Destination Dir Mode Source IP Dest IP
------ ------ ------------ --- ---- --------- --------
0 Te 0/0 Te 0/1 rx Port N/A N/A
Dell(conf)#monitor session 0
Dell(conf-mon-sess-0)#source po 10 dest ten 0/1 dir rx
Dell(conf-mon-sess-0)#do show monitor session
SessID Source Destination Dir Mode Source IP Dest IP
------ ------ ----------- --- ---- --------- --------
0 Te 0/0 Te 0/1 rx Port N/A N/A
0 Po 10 Te 0/1 rx Port N/A N/A
Dell(conf)#monitor session 1
Dell(conf-mon-sess-1)#source vl 40 dest ten 0/2 dir rx
Dell(conf-mon-sess-1)#flow-based enable
Dell(conf-mon-sess-1)#exit
Dell(conf)#do show monitor session
SessID Source Destination Dir Mode Source IP Dest IP
------ ------ ----------- --- ---- --------- --------
0 Te 0/0 Te 0/1 rx Port N/A N/A
0 Po 10 Te 0/1 rx Port N/A N/A
1 Vl 40 Te 0/2 rx Flow N/A N/A
Note: Source as VLAN is achieved via Flow based mirroring. Please refer section Enabling Flow-Based monitoring.
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Port Monitoring