Configuring port mirroring – Intel AXXSW1GB User Manual

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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 copied.

To enable port mirroring:

1. Click Diagnostics > Port Mirroring. The Port Mirroring Page opens:

Figure 99. Port Mirroring Page

The Port Mirroring Page contains the following fields:

Destination Port — Defines the port number to which port traffic is copied.

Check box — Selecting the check box, deletes the port mirroring session. The possible field values

are:

Checked — Deletes the selected port mirroring sessions.
Unchecked — Maintains the port mirroring session.

Source Port — Indicates the port from which the packets are mirrored.

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