Dell SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.3

1. Verify that the intended monitoring port has no configuration other than no shutdown and no switchport.

   show running-configuration

2. Create a monitoring session in CONFIGURATION mode.

   monitor session session-id [local]

3. Enter the source and direction of the monitored traffic in MONITOR-SESSION mode.

   source interface interface-type {both | rx | tx}

4. Enter the destination of traffic in MONITOR-SESSION mode.

   destination interface interface-type

Example output to create a monitoring session

OS10(config)# monitor session 1
OS10(conf-mon-local-1)#

Configure source and destination port, and traffic direction

OS10(conf-mon-local-1)# source interface Eth1/1/1 rx
OS10(conf-mon-local-1)# destination interface Eth1/1/2
OS10(conf-mon-local-1)# no shut

View configured monitoring sessions

In the State field, true indicates that the port is enabled. In the Reason field, Is UP indicates that hardware resources are allocated.

OS10# show monitor session all
S.Id  Source        Destination    Dir SrcIP DstIP DSCP TTL  State Reason
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1    ethernet1/1/7  ethernet1/1/1 rx  N/A   N/A   N/A  N/A  true  Is UP