Monitoring Port Traffic (Port Mirroring) - Hirschmann MACH 4000 User Manual

Operation diagnosis
9.11Monitoring port traffic (port
mirroring)
In port mirroring, the valid data packets of one port, the source port, are cop-
ied to another, the destination port. The data traffic at the source port is not
influenced by port mirroring.
A management tool connected at the destination port, e.g. an RMON probe,
can thus monitor the data traffic of the source port.
The destination port forwards the data to be sent and blocks data received.
Backbone
Figure 59: Port mirroring
Select the Diagnostics:Port Mirroring dialog.
This dialog allows you to configure and activate the port mirroring func-
tion of the Switch.
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9.11 Monitoring port traffic (port mirroring)

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