Nortel Networks 10BASE-T manual Port Mirroring Conversation Steering

Using the BayStack 410-24T 10BASE-T Switch

Port Mirroring (Conversation Steering)

You can designate one of your switch ports to monitor traffic on any two specified switch ports (port-based) or to monitor traffic to or from any two specified addresses that the switch has learned (address-based).

Note: A probe device, such as the Nortel Networks StackProbe™ or equivalent, must be connected to the designated monitor port to use this feature (contact your Nortel Networks sales agent for details about the StackProbe).

The following sections provide example configurations for both monitoring modes available with the port mirroring feature:

•Port-based mirroring

•Address-based mirroring

A sample of the Port Mirroring Configuration screen is provided with each of the examples to support the network configuration example.

Note that in the following examples, the displayed screens do not show all of the screen prompts that precede some actions. For example, when you configure a switch for port mirroring or when you modify an existing port mirroring configuration, the new configuration does not take effect until you respond [Yes] to the following screen prompt:

Is your port mirroring configuration complete? [ Yes ]

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