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Cisco Monitor Manager allows you to configure different port types. All configured ports are displayed in the Configured Ports table on the Port Types tab.
Edge ports are the ingress ports where traffic enters the monitor network. Cisco Monitor Manager supports the following edge ports:
Configuring an edge port is optional.
Delivery ports are the egress ports where the traffic exits the monitor network. These outgoing ports are connected to a external monitoring device. When you configure a monitor device in Cisco Monitor Manager, you can associate a name and an icon with the switch and port that you configured.
Configured devices are displayed in the Monitor Devices table on the Devices tab. The icon appears in the topology diagram with a line connecting it to the node.
Cisco Monitor Manager allows you to configure a switch port as an edge port and specify a VLAN for that port. When this is done, Cisco Monitor Manager programs the Cisco Nexus 3000 or 3100 Series switch so that all packets received in that port are VLAN tagged, and the VLAN ID is the one configured on the edge port. If the packets received in that port are already VLAN tagged frames, they will be double-tagged, and the outermost VLAN tag will contain the VLAN ID associated with the configured edge port.
At least one monitoring device must be configured for the port.
Step 1 | In the topology diagram, select the node from which you want to remove a monitoring device. |
Step 2 | Next to the port name for which you want to remove monitoring devices, click the Devices highlight. |
Step 3 | In the expanded Device Name list for the port, click either: |
Step 4 | Click Remove Monitoring Devices above the Device Name list. |
Step 5 | In the confirmation dialog box, click Remove Devices. |
A root node is automatically selected by Cisco Monitor Manager. If the defined root node is too far from the source switches, you can manually configure a different switch. We recommend that you choose a switch with edge ports as your new root node.
Note | Root node changes do not take effect until you save the configuration and restart the Cisco XNC application. |