Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 9: Port Mirroring

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Section I: Basic Operations

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

The following prompt is displayed:

Mirror-To Port (0-24):

6. Enter the number of the port that functions 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.

7. If you want to mirror the ingress (received) traffic on one or more ports,

type 3 to select Ingress(Rx) Mirror (Source Ports.

The following prompt is displayed:

Ingress Mirror Ports (1-24) (or None):

8. Enter the ports. You can identify the ports individually (for example,

3,7,10), as a range (for example, 5-11), or both (for example, 2,4,11-
14). Entering “0” (zero) removes all ingress source ports.

9. If you want to mirror the egress (transmitted) traffic from one or more

ports, type 4 to select Egress Mirror Port.

The following prompt is displayed:

Egress Mirror Ports (1-24) (or None):

10. Enter the ports. Entering “0” (zero) removes all egress source ports.

Note

If you want to monitor both the ingress and egress traffic of the
source ports, you must specify the ports in both selection 3 and 4.

The port mirror is now functional. Attach a network analyzer to the
destination port to monitor the traffic on the source ports.

11. After making changes, type R until you return to the Main Menu. Then

type S to select Save Configuration Changes.

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