Monitoring the Device
This section contains the following topics:
•
Configuring Port Mirroring
•
Performing Optical Transceiver Tests
•
Viewing System Health Information
Configuring Port Mirroring
Port mirroring monitors and mirrors network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming and outgoing packets from one port to a monitoring port. Port
mirroring can be used as a diagnostic tool as well as a debugging feature. Port mirroring also enables switch performance monitoring.
Network administrators can configure port mirroring by selecting a specific port from which to copy all packets, and other ports to which the packets
are copied.
To enable port mirroring:
1. Click
Monitor > Port Mirroring
. The
Port Mirroring Page
opens:
Figure 5 - 66: Port Mirroring Page
The
Port Mirroring Page
contains the following fields:
•
Unit No.
—
Indicates the stacking number.
•
Destination Port
— Defines the port number to which port traffic is copied.
•
Source Port
— Indicates the port from which the packets are mirrored.
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