Port Mirroring (Conversation Steering); Autosensing And Autonegotiation; Chapter 2 - Nortel 2000 Using Manual

For information on configuring MultiLink Trunks using the CI menus, refer to
Chapter 3. To configure this feature using the Web-based management system,
refer to Using Web-based Management for the Business Policy Switch 2000
Software Version 1.2. To use Device Manager (DM) to configure this feature, refer
to Reference for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Management Software Version
1.2. And, to configure this feature using CLI commands, refer to Reference for the
Business Policy Switch 2000 Command Line Interface Software Version 1.2. book.

Port mirroring (conversation steering)

The port mirroring feature (sometimes referred to as conversation steering) allows
you to designate a single switch port as a traffic monitor for up to two specified
ports or two media access control (MAC) addresses. You can specify port-based
monitoring, where all traffic on specified ports is monitored, or address-based
monitoring, where traffic between specified MAC addresses is monitored. You
can attach a probe device (such as a Nortel Networks StackProbe, or equivalent)
to the designated monitor port
For more information about the port mirroring feature, refer to
"Network configuration."
For information on configuring port mirroring using the CI menus, refer to
Chapter 3. To configure this feature using the Web-based management system,
refer to Using Web-based Management for the Business Policy Switch 2000
Software Version 1.2. To use Device Manager (DM) to configure this feature, refer
to Reference for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Management Software Version
1.2. And, to configure this feature using CLI commands, refer to Reference for the
Business Policy Switch 2000 Command Line Interface Software Version 1.2. book.

Autosensing and autonegotiation

The Business Policy Switches are autosensing and autonegotiating devices:
• The term autosense refers to a port's ability to sense the speed of an attached
device.
Using the Business Policy Switch 2000 Version 1.2
78

Chapter 2,