Creating and linking a probe

Use this task to create a probe and link it to devices.

When you link a probe to a network entity, traffic sent from or received by the entity is forwarded to the probe. You can then use host utitilies like tcpdump to monitor the traffic.
  1. Enter the create probe command.
    (vsh) create probe PB2
  2. Enter the required create link command.
    (vsh) create link -probe PB1 RT3 1/4

Example

The following example shows how to create a probe, link it to a device port, display the links, and display the probe summary.

(vsh) create probe PB2
vsh) create link -probe PB1 RT3 1/4
(vsh) show link
 Name           Port        Name           Port           State
 .....................................................................
 RT1            1/2    <--> RT3            1/4            Up
 RT3            1/4    <--> PB2          [probe]          Up
(vsh) show probe
 Name           Target
 ....................................
 PB2            RT3            1/4