Nortel Networks 450 Table 3-17 describes the Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields.

Using the BayStack 450 10/100/1000 Series Switch

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Table 3-17 describes the Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields.

Field Description

Monitoring Mode Allo ws a use r to se lect an y one of six po rt-bas ed mo nitoring m odes or an y one of fiv e

address-b ased monitoring modes (see Table 3-18). Selecting any one of the six

activates the port X and port Y screen fields, where a user can

choose up to two ports to monitor. Selecting any one of the five

activates the Address A and Address B screen fields, where a user can

specify MAC addresses to monitor.

Default Value Disabled

Range See Table 3-18

Monitor Unit/Port Indicates the port number (of the specified unit) that is designated as the monitor

port.

Default Value Zero-length string

Range 1 to 8/ 1 to 28 (depending on model type)

Unit/Port X Indicates one of the ports (of the specified unit) that will be monitored by the

designated port monitor when one of the port-based monitoring modes is selected.

This port will be monitored according to the value of Port X in the Monitoring Mode

field (see Table 3-18).

Default Value Zero-length string

Range 1 to 8/ 1 to 28 (depending on model type)

Unit/Port Y Indicates one of the ports (of the specified unit) that will be monitored by the

designated port monitor when one of the port-based monitoring modes is selected.

When installed as a standalone switch, the screen does not display the (Unit/) field

designation. This port will be monitored according to the value of Port Y in the

Monitoring Mode field (see Table 3-18).

Default Value Zero-length string

Range 1 to 8/ 1 to 28 (depending on model type)

Address A Indicates the MAC addresses that will be monitored by the designated port monitor

when one of the address-based monitoring modes is selected. This port will be

monitored according to the value of Address A in the selected Monitoring Mode field

(see Table 3-18). Users can ent er the MA C ad dress from this scree n or from t he MA C

Address Table screen. The entry is displayed and can be modified by either screen

(see “MAC Address Table” on page 3-20).

Default Value 00-00-00-00-00-00 (no MAC address assigned)

Range 00-00-00-00-00-00 to FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF

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