Cabletron Systems 2208 manual Port Redirect Function Screen

Port Redirect Function Screen

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5.15PORT REDIRECT FUNCTION SCREEN

NOTE

The Port Redirect Function screen is only used if the operational mode of the device has been set to 802.1d SWITCHING. Refer to Section 5.7.9, Setting the Operational Mode for instructions on configuring the device to operate in this mode.

The Port Redirect Function screen, Figure 5-22, allows you to set each interface as a source or destination interface on the 2H22-08R. An interface can be set to have one or more destination interfaces. For example, interface 1 can be set as a source interface with three destinations, interfaces 2, 3, and 4. Traffic from interface 1 is then automatically redirected to interfaces 2, 3, and 4. Interface 1 can also serve as a destination interface for other ports.

The port redirect function is extremely useful for troubleshooting purposes, as it enables traffic to be sent to a particular interface(s) where, with the use of an analyzer or RMON probe, all current traffic from the source interface(s) can be examined.

NOTE

Although all traffic from the source port (including, if desired, error frames) is sent to the destination port, normal switching is still performed for all frames on the source port.

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