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Figure 6-17 Switch Configuration: Port Mirror Configuration
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 6-7 Switch Configuration: Port Mirror Configuration
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Label
Description
Mirroring Ports
Specify which port(s) to which the switch copies the traffic from the mirrored
ports.
Right-click on a port and click Enabled or Disabled.
Port
This field displays the port number.
Mirroring
This field displays Enabled when you set this port as the mirroring port.
This field displays Disabled when you deactivate mirroring on this port.
Mirrored Ports
Specify which port(s) and the traffic the switch copies to the mirroring port(s).
Right-click on a port and click TX or RX for the outgoing or incoming traffic
respectively. Then click Enabled or Disabled to copy the specified traffic.
Apply
Click Apply to save the changes.
6.6.1.
Port Mirror and Performance
When you enable a port as a mirroring port, this may decrease the performance on that port
since bandwidth must be shared with the copied traffic.
To ensure that the RMT can communicate with the switch for management, you cannot
enable port mirroring on the port used for RMT management. If you do so, a warning screen
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