Interface Monitoring Features - HP ProCurve 6400cl Series Management And Configuration Manual

Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Interface Monitoring Features

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Interface Monitoring Features
Port Monitoring Features
Feature
display monitoring
configuration
configure the monitor port(s) ports: none
selecting or removing ports none selected
You can designate monitoring of inbound and outbound traffic on:
Ports and static trunks: Allows monitoring of individual ports, groups
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of contiguous ports, and static port trunks.
Meshed ports: Allows traffic monitoring on all ports configured for
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meshing on the switch.
■ Static VLANs: Allows traffic monitoring on one static VLAN (5300xl
switches only).
The switch monitors network activity by copying all traffic inbound and
outbound on the specified interfaces to the designated monitoring port, to
which a network analyzer can be attached.
VLANs, a switch mesh, and port trunks cannot be used as a monitoring port.
The switch can monitor static LACP trunks, but not dynamic LACP trunks.
It is possible, when monitoring multiple interfaces in networks with high
traffic levels, to copy more traffic to a monitor port than the link can support.
In this case, some packets may not be copied to the monitor port.
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