Avaya G250, G450 manual Port Mirroring Overview, Configuring Port Mirroring

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Chapter 10: Port Mirroring

This chapter provides information and instructions for using the Port Mirroring feature. It includes the following sections:

Port Mirroring Overview - An overview of port mirroring.

Configuring Port Mirroring - Instructions on adding, editing, and deleting a port mirroring pair.

The Port Mirroring Wizard - Detailed descriptions of the screens in the Port Mirroring Wizard.

Port Mirroring Overview

Port Mirroring copies all received and transmitted packets (including local traffic) from a source port to a predefined destination port, in addition to the normal destination port of the packets. This is a useful method for monitoring all traffic traveling through a specific port.

For more information on Port Mirroring, refer to Port Mirroring in The Reference Guide.

! CAUTION:

Do not change the VLAN of the source or destination port while the port mirroring mechanism is operating.

Configuring Port Mirroring

This section explains how to configure Port Mirroring on the Avaya G250/G350/G450 Device. To configure Port Mirroring:

Click .

Or

Select Configure > Port Mirroring. The Port Mirroring Wizard opens.

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