Configuring NTDP parameters···························································································································148

Manually collecting topology information ········································································································149

Enabling the cluster function ······························································································································149

Establishing a cluster···········································································································································149

Enabling management VLAN auto-negotiation································································································150

Configuring communication between the management device and the member devices within a cluster151

Configuring cluster management protocol packets ·························································································151

Cluster member management ····························································································································152

Configuring the member devices ·······························································································································153

Enabling NDP ······················································································································································153

Enabling NTDP ····················································································································································153

Manually collecting topology information ········································································································153

Deleting a member device from a cluster ·········································································································153

Configuring access between the management device and its member devices···················································154

Adding a candidate device to a cluster ····················································································································155

Configuring advanced cluster functions ····················································································································155

Configuring topology management ··················································································································155

Configuring interaction for a cluster··················································································································156

SNMP configuration synchronization function·································································································157

Configuring web user accounts in batches ······································································································158

Displaying and maintaining cluster management ····································································································158

Configuring cluster management example················································································································159

Configuring a sampler············································································································································ 163

Creating a sampler ······················································································································································163

Displaying and maintaining sampler ·························································································································163

Configuring sampler examples···································································································································164

Configuring port mirroring ····································································································································· 165

Port mirroring types·············································································································································165

Implementing port mirroring·······························································································································165

Configuring local port mirroring ································································································································168

Local port mirroring configuration task list ·······································································································168

Creating a local mirroring group ······················································································································168

Configuring mirroring ports for the local mirroring group··············································································169

Configuring mirroring CPUs for the local mirroring group·············································································169

Configuring the monitor port for the local mirroring group············································································170

Configuring layer 2 remote port mirroring················································································································170

Layer 2 remote port mirroring configuration task list ······················································································170

Configuration prerequisites ································································································································172

Configuring a remote source mirroring group (on the source device) ··························································172

Configuring a remote destination mirroring group (on the destination device) ···········································174

Using the remote probe VLAN to enable local mirroring to support multiple destination ports ·················176

Configuring layer 3 remote port mirroring················································································································178

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