Waters Network Systems PSX1008-GTX, Operating Manual

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Waters Network Systems User’s Manual Page 50
PSX/MS1008 Models with Gigabit Uplink
The following table describes the path cost and port priority.
Parameter Description
Port Priority You can make a port more or less likely to become the root
port. The range is 0-255, and the default setting is 128 .
Path Cost Specifies the path cost of the port that switch uses to
determine which ports are the forwarding ports. The lowest
number of forwarding ports is 1, and the range is 1-65535.
The default value is base don IEEE802.1D.
10Mbps = 50-600 100Mbps = 10-60
If you change the value, you must reboot the switch.
5.11 Port Mirroring
Port Mirroring is a method used to monitor traffic in switched networks. Traffic through
ports can be monitored by one specific port. That is, traffic goes in or out monitored ports
will be duplicated into mirror port.
The following explains the port mirroring settings.
ƒ Roving Analysis State - Enable or disable the port mirror function.
ƒ Mirror Ports – Lists the ports you want to mirror. All mirror port traffic will be copied to
mirror port. You can select a maximum of 9 monitor ports in the switch. If you want to
disable the function, you must set monitor port to none.
ƒ Monitor Rx - Monitored receives frames from the port.
ƒ Monitor Tx - Monitored sends frames from the port.