12.13.3
Port Mirroring
The Port mirroring is a method for monitoring traffic in switched networks.
That Traffic through ports can be monitored by any of the ports means traffic
goes in or out monitored (source) ports will be duplicated into mirroring
(destination) port.
Figure 3-2
Destination (mirroring) port
for monitoring
Rx only
,
Tx only
or both
RX
and TX
traffic which come from the source port. Users can connect the
mirroring port to LAN analyzer or Netxray.
Monitored Packets:
Pull down the selection menu to choose what type of
packet is to be monitored. Rx indicates the Received Packets, Tx indicates
the Transmitted Packets. Tx & Rx indicates Both Transmit and Received.
Source Port:
The ports that the user wants to monitor. All monitored port
traffic will be copied to mirroring (destination) port. Users can select
multiple source ports by ticking the check boxes beneath the port number
label to be monitored.
And then, click
Update
to have the configuration take effect.
12.13.3
Bandwidth Control
This page allows the setting of the bandwidth for each port. The TX rate and
Rx rate can be filled with the number ranging from 1 to 255. This number
should be multiplied by the selected bandwidth resolution to get the actual
bandwidth.
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