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Port Mirroring
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Innovx FastSwitch 24 Ethernet Switch
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Installation and Operation Manual
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Port Mirroring
The port mirroring is a method for monitoring traffic in switched networks. Traffic through ports
can be monitored by one specific port. That is traffic goes in or out through the monitored ports will
be duplicated into monitoring port. To configure port-mirroring feature use the following set of
commands.
1. Configure port-mirroring mode using following commands
L2SW> config mirroring mode <none/rx/tx/both>
L2SW> config mirroring mode both
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None - To disable port mirroring.
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RX - To monitor ingress traffic on mirrored ports.
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TX - To monitor egress traffic on mirrored ports.
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Both - To monitor traffic on mirrored ports in both directions.
2. Configure the port used as Sniffer port and see all monitored port traffic. It is the port
connected to Sniffer
L2SW> config mirroring sniffer <slot.port>
L2SW> config mirroring sniffer 0.1
3. To configure the port to be monitored. All monitored port traffic will be copied to sniffer port
Maximum of 25 monitored ports can be selected in the switch. To add or remove monitored
port use following set of commands.
L2SW> config mirroring monitored add <slot.port>
L2SW> config mirroring monitored add 0.2
L2SW> config mirroring monitored delete <slot.port>
L2SW> config mirroring monitored delete 0.2
4. To display port mirroring information use following command. The table below shows Sniffer
mode is both (RX and TX) and Sniffer port is 2, while monitored ports are 3,4,5,6 and 7.
L2SW> show mirroring
Figure 5-10
Port Mirroring Display
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