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Figure 6 - 77. Target Port Selection
The target port is the port where information will be duplicated
and sent for capture and network analysis. This is the port
where a network analyzer would be attached to capture packets
duplicated from the source port.
Up to 25 entries can be made to the port mirroring table, but it
should be noted that a faster port (a 1000 Mbps Gigabit
Ethernet port, for example) should not be mirrored to a slower
port (one of the 24 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet port), because
many packets will be dropped.
The following fields can be set:
Parameter Description
Source Port Allows the entry of the port number
of the port to be mirrored. This port
is the source of the packets to be
duplicated and forwarded to the
Target port.