Administrator Guide

• Source port (MD) can be a VLAN, where the VLAN traffic received on that port pipe where its members are present is monitored
• Single MD can be monitored on max. of 4 MG ports.
Port Monitoring
Port monitoring is supported on both physical and logical interfaces, such as VLAN and port-channel interfaces. The source port (MD)
with monitored traffic and the destination ports (MG) to which an analyzer can be attached must be on the same switch. You can
configure up to 128 source ports in a monitoring session. Only one destination port is supported in a monitoring session. The platform
supports multiple source-destination statements in a single monitor session.
The maximum number of source ports that can be supported in a session is 128.
The maximum number of destination ports that can be supported depends on the port mirroring directions as follows:
• 4 per port pipe, if the four destination ports mirror in one direction, either rx or tx.
• 2 per port pipe, if the two destination ports mirror in bidirection.
• 3 per port pipe, if one of the destination port mirrors bidirection and the other two ports mirror in one direction (either rx or tx).
In the following examples, ports 1/13, 1/14, 1/15, and 1/16 all belong to the same port-pipe. They are pointing to four different destinations
(1/1, 1/2, 1/3, and 1/37). Now it is not possible for another source port from the same port-pipe (for example, 1/17) to point to another
new destination (for example, 1/4). If you attempt to configure another destination (to create 5 MG port), this message displays: %
Error will be thrown in case of RPM and ERPM features.
In the following examples, ports 1/13, 1/14, 1/15, and 1/16 all belong to the same port-pipe. They are pointing to four different destinations
(1/1, 1/2, 1/3, and 1/37). Now it is not possible for another source port from the same port-pipe (for example, 1/17) to point to another
new destination (for example, 1/4). If you attempt to configure another destination (to create 5 MG port), this message displays: %
Error will be thrown in case of RPM and ERPM features
.
Example of Changing the Destination Port in a Monitoring Session
Dell(conf-mon-sess-5)#do show moni session
SessID Source Destination Dir Mode Source IP Dest IP DSCP TTL
Drop Rate Gre-Protocol FcMonitor
------ ------ ----------- --- ---- --------- -------- ---- ---
---- ---- ----------- ---------
1 Te 1/1 Te 2/1 both Port N/A N/A 0 0
No N/A N/A yes
2 Te 1/1 Te 2/2 both Port N/A N/A 0 0
No N/A N/A yes
3 Te 1/1 Te 2/3 both Port N/A N/A 0 0
No N/A N/A yes
4 Te 1/1 Te 2/4 both Port N/A N/A 0 0
No N/A N/A yes
5 Te 1/1 Te 2/5 both Port N/A N/A 0 0
No N/A N/A yes
Dell(conf-mon-sess-5)#
Dell(conf)#mon ses 300
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#source tengig 1/17 destination tengig 1/4 direction tx
% Error: Exceeding max MG ports for this MD port pipe.
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#source tengig 1/17
destination tengig 1/1 direction tx
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#do show mon session
SessID Source Destination Dir Mode Source IP Dest IP DSCP TTL
Drop Rate Gre-Protocol FcMonitor
------ ------ ----------- --- ---- --------- -------- ---- ---
---- ---- ----------- ---------
0 Te 1/13 Te 2/1 rx interface 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 0
No N/A N/A yes
10 Te 1/14 Te 2/2 rx interface 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 0
No N/A N/A yes
20 Te 1/15 Te 2/3 rx interface 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 0
No N/A N/A yes
30 Te 1/16 Te 2/7 rx interface 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 0
No N/A N/A yes
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