Dell Force10 C150 - Port Monitoring on C-Series and S-Series

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Port Monitoring on C-Series and S-Series

The C-Series and S-Series support multiple source-destination statements in a monitor session, but there

may only be one destination port in a monitoring session (Message 4).

The number of source ports FTOS allows within a port-pipe is equal to the number of physical ports in the

port-pipe (n). However, n number of ports may only have four different destination ports (Message 5).

Figure 38-2. Number of Monitoring Ports on the C-Series and S-Series

In Figure 38-2, ports 0/13, 0/14, 0/15, and 0/16 all belong to the same port-pipe. They are pointing to four

different destinations (0/1, 0/2, 0/3, and 0/37). Now it is not possible for another source port from the same

port-pipe (for example, 0/17) to point to another new destination (for example, 0/4). If you attempt to

configure another destination, Message 5 appears. However, you can configure another monitoring session

that uses one of previously used destination ports, as shown in Figure 38-3.

Message 4 One Destination Port in a Monitoring Session Error Message on C-Series and S-Series

% Error: Only one MG port is allowed in a session.

FTOS#show mon session

SessionID Source Destination Direction Mode Type

--------- ------ ----------- --------- ---- ----

0 Gi 0/13 Gi 0/1 rx interface Port-based

10 Gi 0/14 Gi 0/2 rx interface Port-based

20 Gi 0/15 Gi 0/3 rx interface Port-based

30 Gi 0/16 Gi 0/37 rx interface Port-based

FTOS(conf)#mon ses 300

FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#source gig 0/17 destination gig 0/4 direction tx

% Error: Exceeding max MG ports for this MD port pipe.

FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#

FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#source gig 0/17 destination gig 0/1 direction tx

FTOS(conf-mon-sess-300)#do show mon session