Dell 5324 Switch User Manual


 
Port Monitor Commands 205
Port Monitor Commands
port monitor
The
port monitor
Interface Configuration mode command starts a port monitoring session. To
stop a port monitoring session, use the
no
form of this command.
Syntax
port monitor
src-interface
[
rx
|
tx
]
no port monitor
src-interface
src-interface—
Valid Ethernet port or port-channel number.
rx—
Monitors received packets only. If no option specified, monitors both rx and tx.
tx—
Monitors transmitted packets only. If no option specified, monitors both rx and tx.
Default Configuration
The default is both
rx
and
tx
.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration mode
User Guidelines
This command enables traffic on one port to be copied to another port, or between the source
port (src-interface) and a destination port (the port being configured). Only a single target
port can be defined per system.
The port being monitored cannot be set faster than the monitoring port.
The following restrictions apply to ports configured to be destination ports:
The port cannot be already configured as a source port.
The port cannot be a member in a port-channel.
An IP interface is not configured on the port.
GVRP is not enabled on the port.
The port is not a member in any VLAN, except for the default VLAN (will automatically
be removed from the default VLAN).
The following restrictions apply to ports configured to be source ports:
Port monitoring Source Ports must be simple ports, and not port-channels.
The port cannot be already configured as a destination port.
All the frames are transmitted as either always tagged or always untagged.