Chapter 16 Mirroring

Figure 84 Advanced Application > Mirroring> RMirror > Destination

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 40 Advanced Application > Mirroring> RMirror > Destination

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

RMirror VLAN

Select a RMirror VLAN ID (that you configured in the RMirror

 

screen) from the drop-down list box.

 

 

Monitor Port

Enter a port number to create a monitor-port

 

 

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.

 

 

VLAN

This field displays the VLAN ID

 

 

Monitor Port

This field displays the monitor-port number.

 

 

Tagging

This field displays the traffic form monitor-port is tagged with

 

RMirror VLAN or not.

 

 

Delete

Select Delete RMirror VLAN and click Delete to remove the

 

selected entry(ies) from the table.

 

 

Cancel

Select Cancel to clear the checkbox(es) in the table.

 

 

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