Port Mirroring
RocketLinx ES7528 Industrial Managed PoE Rack Mount User Guide
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Port Mirroring
Port Mirroring
Port mirroring (also called
port spanning
) is a tool that allows you to mirror the traffic from one or more ports onto another
port, without disrupting the flow of traffic on the original port. Any traffic that goes into or out of the
Source Ports
is
duplicated at the
Destination Port
s. This traffic can then be analyzed at the Destination Port using a monitoring device or
application. The network administrator typically utilizes this tool for diagnostics, debugging, or fending off attacks.
Port Mirroring
Description
Port Mirror Mode
Select Enable or Disable to enable/disable Port Mirror.
Source Port
This is also known as
Monitor Port
. These are the ports that you want to
monitor. The traffic of all source/monitor ports is copied to destination/
analysis ports. You can choose a single port, or any combination of ports, but
you can only monitor them in Rx or TX only. Click the check box of the Port
ID, RX, Tx or both to select the source ports.
Destination Port
This is also known as
Analysis Port
. You can analyze the traffic of all the
monitored ports at this port without affecting the flow of traffic on the port or
ports being monitored. Only one RX/TX of the destination port can be
selected. The network administrator typically connects a LAN analyzer or
Netxray device to this port.
Apply
Click
Apply
to apply the settings.
Note: You must Save the settings (Page 137), if you want to maintain these
settings if the RocketLinx ES7528 is powered off.
