Configuring the Switch From the Console
Configurable Features
Network Monitoring Port
You can designate a port for monitoring traffic on any one of the other ports on the switch. This is accomplished by copying all traffic from the specified port to the designated monitoring port. The feature is also referred to as “mirroring”.
How To Configure the Switch for Monitoring: This procedure describes configuring the switch for monitoring when monitoring is disabled. (If monitoring has already been enabled, the screens will appear differently than shown in this procedure.)
1.Select Network Monitoring Port from the Configuration screen.
2.In the Actions menu, press [E] (for Edit).
3.If monitoring is currently disabled (the default) then enable it by pressing the Space bar (or [Y] ) to select Yes.
enable monitoring by setting this parameter to “Yes”
Figure 4-13. The Default Network Monitoring Configuration Screen
4.Press [v] to display a screen similar to the following and move the cursor
to the Monitoring Port parameter.
