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MULTILINK ML810 MANAGED EDGE SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
PORT MIRRORING USING THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
CHAPTER 9: PORT MIRRORING AND SETUP
9.2
Port Mirroring using the Command Line Interface
9.2.1
Commands
Monitoring a specific port can be done by port mirroring. Mirroring traffic from one port to
another port allows analysis of the traffic on that port.
The
show port-mirror
command displays the status of port mirroring:
show port-mirror
The
port-mirror
command enters the port mirror configuration mode.
port-mirror
The
setport monitor
command configures a port mirror.
setport
monitor=<monitor port number> sniffer=<sniffer port number>
The
prtmr
command enables and disables port mirroring.
prtmr
<enable|disable>
The sequence below illustrates how port 1 is mirrored on port 2. Any traffic on port 1 is also
sent on port 2.
ML810#
show port-mirror
Sniffer Port: 0
Monitor Port: 0
Mirroring State: disabled
ML810#
port-mirror
ML810(port-mirror)##
setport monitor=1 sniffer=2
Port 1 set as Monitor Port
Port 2 set as Sniffer Port
ML810(port-mirror)##
prtmr enable
Port Mirroring Enabled
ML810(port-mirror)##
exit
ML810#
show port-mirror
Sniffer Port: 2
Monitor Port: 1
Mirroring State: enabled
ML810#
Once port monitoring is completed, GE strongly recommends that the port mirroring be
disabled using the
prtmr disable
command for security reasons.
1.
Only one port can be set to port mirror at a time.
2.
Both the ports (monitored port and mirrored port) have to belong to the same
VLAN
3.
The mirrored port shows both incoming as well as outgoing traffic