Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 512)

512 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Top Talker monitors
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FIGURE 66 Fabric mode Top Talker monitors on FC router do not monitor any flows
FIGURE 67 Fabric mode Top Talker monitors on FC router monitor flows over the E_Port
Limitations of Top Talker monitors
Be aware of the following when using Top Talker monitors:
• Top Talker monitors cannot detect transient surges in traffic through a given flow.
• You cannot install a Top Talker monitor on a mirrored port.
• Top Talker monitors can monitor only 10,000 flows at a time.
• Top Talker monitors are not supported on VE_Ports, EX_Ports, and VEX_Ports.
• The maximum number of all port mode Top Talker monitors on an ASIC is 16. If Virtual Fabrics
is enabled, the maximum number of all port mode Top Talker monitors on an ASIC is 8.
• If the ingress and egress monitor ports are configured on the same ASIC, F_Port Top Talker
monitors show the flow from only one of the ports, either the ingress or the egress port, but not
both.
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