Managing Device Diagnostics; Configuring Port Mirroring - HP Blade bc1500 User Manual

Device diagnostics provide information about how the device is operating, including mirroring
network traffic and cable tests. This section contains the following topics:
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Configuring Port Mirroring

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Viewing Integrated Cable Tests
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Viewing Optical Transceivers
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Viewing CPU Utilization
Configuring Port Mirroring
Port mirroring monitors and mirrors network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming and
outgoing packets from one port to a monitoring port. Port mirroring can be used as a diagnostic
tool as well as a debugging feature. Port mirroring also enables switch performance monitoring.
Network administrators can configure port mirroring by selecting a specific port from which to
copy all packets, and other ports to which the packets are copied.
To enable port mirroring:
1. Click Physical > Diagnostics > Port Mirroring. The Port Mirroring page opens:
Port Mirroring
The Port Mirroring page contains the following fields:
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