XG Series User's Guide
Chapter 4 Switch Functions and their Configuration
Port Mirroring
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4.2 Port Mirroring
It is possible to monitor the traffic by mirroring the frames sent or received by a port to another port.
Multiple ports may not be mirrored to one port. However, multiple ports may be mirrored.
To configure port mirroring, carry out the following procedure in "admin" Operation mode.
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XG2600
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XG0224 / XG0448 / XG0440DC / XG0440DCR
Command
Task
XG2600# configure
Switch to Configuration mode.
XG2600(config)# ether 10 type mirror 0 1 rx
Configure the port 10 to be destination port and the receive
frames of the source port (port 1) are mirrored.
XG2600(config)# ether 11 type mirror 0 2 tx
Configure the port 11 to be destination port and the send frames
of the source port (port 2) are mirrored.
XG2600(config)# commit
Apply the configuration.
XG2600(config)# save
Save the configuration.
XG2600(config)# exit
Switch to Operation mode.
Command
Task
XG0224# configure
Switch to Configuration mode.
XG0224(config)# ether 10 type mirror 0 1 both
Configure the port 10 to be destination port and the receive/send
frames of the source port (port 1) are mirrored.
XG0224(config)# ether 10 type mirror 10 2 tx
Configure the port 10 to be destination port and the send frames
of the source port (port 2) are mirrored.
XG0224(config)# commit
Apply the configuration.
XG0224(config)# save
Save the configuration.
XG0224(config)# exit
Switch to Operation mode.