Mirroring source···················································································································································· 79 Mirroring destination ············································································································································ 79 Mirroring direction ················································································································································ 79 Mirroring group····················································································································································· 79 Local port mirroring ······················································································································································· 79 Configuration restrictions and guidelines···················································································································· 80 Recommended configuration procedures···················································································································· 80 Configuring a mirroring group····································································································································· 80 Configuring ports for the mirroring group··················································································································· 81 Local port mirroring configuration example················································································································ 83 Network requirements··········································································································································· 83 Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 83
Managing users ·························································································································································86
Adding a local user ······················································································································································· 86 Setting the super password··········································································································································· 87 Switching to the management level ····························································································································· 88
Configuring a loopback test······································································································································89
Configuration guidelines ··············································································································································· 89 Configuration procedure··············································································································································· 89
Configuring VCT ························································································································································91
Overview········································································································································································· 91 Testing cable status ························································································································································ 91
Configuring the flow interval·····································································································································92
Viewing port traffic statistics ········································································································································· 92
Configuring RMON ···················································································································································93
Overview········································································································································································· 93 Working mechanism············································································································································· 93 RMON groups ······················································································································································· 93 RMON configuration task list ······································································································································· 95 Configuring a statistics entry································································································································ 97 Configuring a history entry··································································································································· 98 Configuring an event entry··································································································································· 99 Configuring an alarm entry································································································································100 Displaying RMON statistics································································································································101 Displaying RMON history sampling information·····························································································103 Displaying RMON event logs ····························································································································104 RMON configuration example ···································································································································105
Configuring energy saving····································································································································· 109
Configuring energy saving on a port ························································································································109
Configuring SNMP·················································································································································· 111
Overview·······································································································································································111 SNMP mechanism ···············································································································································111 SNMP protocol versions ·····································································································································112 Recommended configuration procedure····················································································································112 Enabling SNMP agent ········································································································································113 Configuring an SNMP view········································································································································115 Creating an SNMP view·····································································································································115 Adding rules to an SNMP view ·························································································································116 Configuring an SNMP community ·····························································································································117 Configuring an SNMP group······································································································································118
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