HP PROCURVE 2520 Management And Configuration Manual page 430

Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
Interface Monitoring Features
You must use the following configuration sequence to configure port and static
trunk monitoring in the CLI:
1.
2.
Displaying the Monitoring Configuration.
Syntax: show monitor
For example, if you assign port A6 as the monitoring port and configure the
switch to monitor ports A1 - A3, show monitor displays the following:
Figure B-20. Example of Monitored Port Listing
Configuring the Monitor Port.
Syntax: [no] mirror-port [< port-num >]
For example, to assign port 6 as the monitoring port:
ProCurve(config)# mirror-port 6
To turn off monitoring:
ProCurve(config)# no mirror-port
B-26
Assign a monitoring (mirror) port.
Designate the port(s) and/or static trunk(s) to monitor.
This command lists the port assigned to receive monitored
traffic and the ports and/or trunks being monitored.
This command assigns or removes a monitoring port, and
must be executed from the global configuration level. Removing
the monitor port disables port monitoring and resets the
monitoring parameters to their factory-default settings.
Port receiving monitored traffic.
Monitored Ports