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
------ ------ ----------- --- ---- --------- --------
1 Te 0/0 Te 0/1 both Port N/A N/A
2 Te 0/0 Te 0/2 both Port N/A N/A
3 Te 0/0 Te 0/3 both Port N/A N/A
4 Te 0/0 Te 0/4 both Port N/A N/A
5 Te 0/0 Te 0/5 both Port N/A N/A
Dell(conf-mon-sess-5)#
Dell(conf)#mon ses 300
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#source tengig 0/17 destination tengig 0/4 direction tx
%Unable to create MTP entry for MD tenG 0/17 MG tenG 0/4 in stack-unit 0 port-
pipe 0.
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#source tengig 0/17 destination tengig 0/1 direction tx
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#do show mon session
SessionID Source Destination Direction Mode Type
--------- ------ ----------- --------- ---- ----
0 Te 0/13 Te 0/1 rx interface Port-based
10 Te 0/14 Te 0/2 rx interface Port-based
20 Te 0/15 Te 0/3 rx interface Port-based
30 Te 0/16 Te 0/37 rx interface Port-based
300 Te 0/17 Te 0/1 tx interface Port-based
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#
Example of Configuring Another Monitoring Session with a Previously Used Destination Port
Dell(conf)#mon ses 300
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#source tengig 0/17 destination tengig 0/4 direction tx
%Unable to create MTP entry for MD tenG 0/17 MG tenG 0/4 in stack-unit 0 port-
pipe 0.
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#source tengig 0/17 destination tengig 0/1 direction tx
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#do show mon session
SessionID Source Destination Direction Mode Type
--------- ------ ----------- --------- ---- ----
0 Te 0/13 Te 0/1 rx interface Port-based
10 Te 0/14 Te 0/2 rx interface Port-based
20 Te 0/15 Te 0/3 rx interface Port-based
30 Te 0/16 Te 0/37 rx interface Port-based
300 Te 0/17 Te 0/1 tx interface Port-based
Example of Viewing a Monitoring Session
In the example below, 0/25 and 0/26 belong to port-pipe 1. This port-pipe has the same restriction of
only four destination ports, new or used.
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#do show mon session
SessionID Source Destination Direction Mode Type
--------- ------ ----------- --------- ---- ----
0 Te 0/13 Te 0/1 rx interface Port-based
10 Te 0/14 Te 0/2 rx interface Port-based
20 Te 0/15 Te 0/3 rx interface Port-based
30 Te 0/16 Te 0/37 rx interface Port-based
100 Te 0/25 Te 0/38 tx interface Port-based
110 Te 0/26 Te 0/39 tx interface Port-based
300 Te 0/17 Te 0/1 tx interface Port-based
Dell(conf-mon-sess-300)#
Dell Networking OS Behavior: All monitored frames are tagged if the configured monitoring direction is
egress (TX), regardless of whether the monitored port (MD) is a Layer 2 or Layer 3 port. If the MD port is a
Port Monitoring
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