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Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Port Monitoring Features

Port Monitoring Features

Port Monitoring Features

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

display monitoring

disabled

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configuration

 

 

 

 

configure the monitor port(s)

ports: none

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or VLAN

VLANs: DEFAULT_VLAN

 

 

 

selecting or removing ports

none selected

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or VLANs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can designate a port for monitoring traffic of one or more other ports or of a single VLAN configured on the switch. The switch monitors the network activity by copying all traffic from the specified monitoring sources (ports or VLAN) to the designated monitoring port, to which a network analyzer can be attached.

Port trunk groups cannot be used as a monitoring port.

It is possible, when monitoring multiple ports in networks with high traffic levels, to copy more traffic to a monitor port than the link can support. In this case, some packets may not be copied to the monitor port.

Operation Switch

Analyzing and Monitoring

 

 

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