Creating a port mirror, Figure 45: port mirroring menu – Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 8: Port Mirroring

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Section I: Basic Operations

Creating a Port Mirror

To create a port mirror, perform the following procedure:

1. From the Main Menu, type 1 to select Port Configuration.

2. From the Port Configuration menu, type 6 to select Port Mirroring.

The Port Mirroring menu is shown in Figure 45.

Figure 45. Port Mirroring Menu

The Port Mirroring menu provides the following information about the
port mirror:

Enable/Disable
The port mirroring status, Enabled or Disabled.

Mirror-To (Destination) Port
The port that functions as the destination port.

Ingress (Rx) Mirror (Source) Port
The port(s) whose ingress (received) traffic is mirrored.

Egress (Tx) Mirror (Source) Port
The port(s) whose egress (transmitted) traffic is mirrored.

3. To select the destination port for the mirrored traffic, do the following:

a. Type 2 to select Mirror-To (Destination) Port.

The following prompt is displayed:

Mirror-To Port (0-24):

b. Enter the number of the port to function as the destination port.

This is the port where the traffic from the source ports will be
copied to and where the network analyzer will be located. You can
specify only one destination port.

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Port Mirroring

1 - Enable/Disable ...................... Disabled
2 - Mirror-To (Destination) Port ........ None
3 - Ingress (Rx) Mirror (Source) Ports .. None
4 - Egress (Tx) Mirror (Source) Ports ... None

R - Return to Previous Menu

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