Nortel Networks 450 manual Monitoring Modes, Fields Description Port-based, Address-based

		Using the Console Interface
Table 3-17.	Port Mirroring Configuration Screen Fields (continued)
Field	Description
Address B	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 B in the selected Monitoring Mode field
	(see Table 3-18). Users can enter the MAC address from this screen or from the MAC
	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

Table 3-18 describes the various monitoring modes available from the Port Mirroring Configuration screen.

Table 3-18.		Monitoring Modes
Fields			Description
Port-based:
Disabled			Default value for this feature.
-> Port X			Monitor all traffic received by Port X.
Port X ->			Monitor all traffic transmitted by Port X.
<-> Port X			Monitor all traffic received and transmitted by Port X.
-> Port X	or	Port Y ->	Monitor all traffic received by Port X or transmitted by Port Y.
-> Port X	and	Port Y ->	Monitor all traffic received by Port X (destined to Port Y) and then
			transmitted by Port Y.
<-> Port X	and	Port Y <->	Monitor all traffic received/transmitted by Port X and received/
			transmitted by Port Y.
Address-based:
Disabled			Default value for this feature.
Address A	->	any Address	Monitor all traffic transmitted from Address A to any address.
any Address -> Address A			Monitor all traffic received by Address A from any address.
<-> Address A			Monitor all traffic received by or transmitted by Address A.
Address A	->	Address B	Monitor all traffic transmitted by Address A to Address B.
Address A	<->	Address B	Monitor all traffic between Address A and Address B (conversation
			between the two stations).

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