files

Syntax

files number;

Hierarchy Level

[edit forwarding-options port-mirroring traceoptions file],[edit forwarding-options sampling output file],[edit forwarding-options sampling traceoptions file]

Release Information

Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

Description

Configure the total number of files to be saved with samples or trace data.

Options

number—Maximum number of traffic sampling or trace log files. When a file named sampling-file reaches its maximum size, it is renamed sampling-file.0, then sampling-file.1, and so on, until the maximum number of traffic sampling files is reached. Then the oldest sampling file is overwritten.

Range: 1 through 100 files

Default: 5 files for sampling output; 10 files for trace log information

Usage Guidelines

See Configuring Port Mirroring or Configuring Traffic Sampling.

Required Privilege Level

interface—To view this statement in the configuration.

interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.