Chapter 14 Mirroring

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 29 Advanced Application > Mirroring

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this check box to activate port mirroring on the Switch. Clear this check box to

 

disable the feature.

 

 

Monitor

The monitor port is the port you copy the traffic to in order to examine it in more detail

Port

without interfering with the traffic flow on the original port(s). Enter the port number of the

 

monitor port.

 

 

Ingress

You can specify to copy all incoming traffic or traffic to/from a specified MAC address.

 

Select All to copy all incoming traffic from the mirrored port(s).

 

Select Destination MAC to copy incoming traffic to a specified MAC address on the

 

mirrored port(s). Enter the destination MAC address in the fields provided.

 

Select Source MAC to copy incoming traffic from a specified MAC address on the

 

mirrored port(s). Enter the source MAC address in the fields provided.

 

 

Egress

You can specify to copy all outgoing traffic or traffic to/from a specified MAC address.

 

Select All to copy all outgoing traffic from the mirrored port(s).

 

Select Destination MAC to copy outgoing traffic to a specified MAC address on the

 

mirrored port(s). Enter the destination MAC address in the fields provided.

 

Select Source MAC to copy outgoing traffic from a specified MAC address on the

 

mirrored port(s). Enter the source MAC address in the fields provided.

 

 

Port

This field displays the port number.

 

 

*

Settings in this row apply to all ports.

 

Use this row only if you want to make some settings the same for all ports. Use this row

 

first to set the common settings and then make adjustments on a port-by-port basis.

 

Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you

 

make them.

 

 

Mirrored

Select this option to mirror the traffic on a port.

 

 

Direction

Specify the direction of the traffic to mirror by selecting from the drop-down list box.

 

Choices are Egress (outgoing), Ingress (incoming) and Both.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses

 

these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation

 

panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

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