Reference Guide

1178 | Port Monitoring
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• In general, a monitoring port should have no ip address and no shutdown as the
only configuration; FTOS 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.
• A monitoring port can monitor any physical port in the chassis.
• Only one MG and one MD may be in a single port-pipe.
• A monitoring port can monitor more than one port.
• There may only be one destination port in a monitoring session.
• FTOS on the S-Series supports multiple source ports to be monitored by a single
destination port in one monitor session.
• On the S-Series, one monitor session can have only one MG port. There is no
restriction on the number of source ports, or destination ports on the chassis.
description
c e s
Enter a description of this monitoring session.
Syntax
description {description}
To remove the description, use the
no description {description} command.
Parameters
Defaults
No default behavior or values
Command Modes
MONITOR SESSION (conf-mon-sess-session-ID)
Command
History
Related
Commands
flow-based enable
e
Enable flow-based monitoring.
Syntax flow-based enable
To disable flow-based monitoring, use the no flow-based enable command.
Note: The monitoring port should not be a part of any other configuration.
description
Enter a description regarding this session(80 characters maximum).
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on S-Series
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
pre-7.7.1.0 Introduced on E-Series
monitor session Enable a monitoring session.