Users Guide

Table 36. RPM on VLT scenarios (continued)
Scenario Recommendation
intermediate devices. The packet analyzer connects to the
ToR switch.
Mirror a VLT LAG to any orphan port on the same VLT device.
The packet analyzer connects to the local VLT device through
the orphan port.
If the packet analyzer directly connects to the VLT peer
where the source session is configured, use local port
monitoring instead of RPM.
Mirror an orphan port in the primary VLT device to any orphan
port on a secondary VLT device through the VLTi. The packet
analyzer connects to the secondary VLT device through the
orphan port. In this case, the mirroring packets duplicate.
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Mirror a VLT LAG of the primary VLT device to any orphan
port on a secondary VLT device through the VLTi. The packet
analyzer connects to the secondary VLT device through the
orphan port.
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Mirror a member port of the VLTi LAG or VLT LAG to any
orphan port in the same device. The packet analyzer connects
to the local VLT device through the orphan port.
If the packet analyzer is directly connected to the VLT peer
in which the source session is configured, use local port
monitoring instead of RPM.
Mirror a member port of VLTi LAG to the VLT LAG on the
same VLT device. The packet analyzer connects to the ToR
switch.
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Mirror a VLT LAG or VLT member port as part of the source
VLAN and destination VLAN. The packet analyzer connects to
the ToR switch.
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Port monitoring commands
description
Configures a description for the port monitoring session. The monitoring session can be: local, RPM, or ERPM.
Syntax
description string
Parameters string—Enter a description of the monitoring session. A maximum of 255 characters.
Default Not configured
Command Mode MONITOR-SESSION
Usage
Information
● To use special characters as a part of the description string, enclose the string in double quotes.
● To use comma as a part of the description string add double back slash before the comma.
● The no version of this command removes the description text.
This command is introduced on the MX9116n and MX5108n with support for full-switch mode from the
Dell EMC SmartFabric OS release 10.4.0(R3S). Also supported in SmartFabric Services mode on the
MX9116n and MX5108n from the Dell EMC SmartFabric OS release 10.5.1.
Example
OS10(conf-mon-local-1)# description remote
OS10(conf-mon-rpm-source-5)# description "RPM Sesssion"
OS10(conf-mon-erpm-source-10)# description "ERPM Session"
Supported
Releases
10.2.0E or later
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