Configuring Port Mirroring 205
Configuring Port Port mirroring monitors and mirrors network traffic by forwarding copies
Mirroringof incoming and outgoing packets from one port to a monitoring port. Port mirroring can be used as a diagnostic tool as well as a debugging feature. Port mirroring also enables switch performance monitoring.
Network administrators can configure port mirroring by selecting a specific port from which to copy all packets, and other ports to which the packets copied.
This section contains the following topics:
■Defining Port Mirroring
■Removing Port Mirroring
