Chapter 16 Mirroring

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 38 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

Port

more detail without interfering with the traffic flow on the original port(s).

 

Type the port number of the monitor port.

 

 

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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