Enabling Port Mirroring

Chapter 6	Port Mirroring

To enable port mirroring, you must define a source and destination port.

Note: Only a single pair of ports can be defined for port mirroring on each DomainX.

To enable Port Mirroring for the DomainX:

1In the Port Mirroring dialog box, open the Port Monitoring drop-down list (refer to Figure 6.1) and select Enable.

2Define source and destination ports in one of the following ways:

a From the Module drop-down list, select a module number and a port number.

aIn the Chassis View click on the port you want to set.

bIn the Port Mirroring dialog box, click Select from Zoom. The port and module numbers appear in the Port Mirroring dialog box (refer to Figure 6.1).

3 Click OK.

The manager sets the source and the destination ports for copying packets, enabling Port Mirroring.

Disabling Port Mirroring

To disable Port Mirroring:

1In the Port Mirroring dialog box, open the Port Monitoring drop-down list (refer to Figure 6.1) and select Disable.

2Click OK.

Received and transmitted packets are not copied from one port to another. To close the Port Mirroring dialog box, click Cancel.