OPTICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN
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OSD2512 OPERATOR MANUAL
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REFLECTOR PORT
The
reflector port
is a method to redirect the traffic to Remote Mirroring VLAN.
Any device connected to a port set as a reflector port loses connectivity until the
Remote Mirroring is disabled.
In the stacking mode, you need to select switch ID to select the correct device.
If you shut down a port, it cannot be a candidate for
reflector port
.
If you shut down the port which is a
reflector port
, the remote mirror function cannot
work.
Note1: The reflector port needs to select only on Source switch type.
Note2: The reflector port needs to disable MAC Table learning and STP.
Note3: The reflector port only supports on pure copper ports.
SOURCE VLAN(S) CONFIGURATION
The switch can supports VLAN-based Mirroring. If you want to monitor some
VLANs on the switch, you can set the selected VLANs on this field.
Note1: The Mirroring session shall have either ports or VLANs as sources, but not both.
REMOTE MIRRORING PORT CONFIGURATION
The following table is used for port role selecting.
Port
The logical port for the settings contained in the same row.
Source
Select mirror mode.
Disabled
Neither frames transmitted nor frames received are mirrored.
Both
Frames received and frames transmitted are mirrored on the
Intermediate/Destination
port
.
Rx only
Frames received on this port are mirrored on the
Intermediate/Destination port
.
Frames transmitted are not mirrored.
Tx only
Frames transmitted on this port are mirrored on the
Intermediate/Destination
port
. Frames received are not mirrored.
Intermediate
Select intermediate port.
This checkbox is designed for Remote Mirroring.
The
intermediate port
is a switched port to connect to other switch.
Note: The intermediate port needs to disable MAC Table learning.
Destination
Select destination port.
This checkbox is designed for mirror or Remote Mirroring.
The
destination port
is a switched port that you receive a copy of traffic from the source port.
