Chapter 14 Switch Configuration

Figure 109 Switch Configuration: Mirroring

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 75 Switch Configuration: Mirroring

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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). Select a port from the drop-

 

down list box.

 

 

Mirrored

Select a port from the drop-down list box to mirror the traffic on a port.

Port

 

 

 

Direction

Select the traffic direction from the drop-down list box. Choices are Ingress (incoming) or

 

Egress (outgoing).

 

 

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.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save the changes.

 

 

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