Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
Port and Static Trunk Monitoring Features
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Port and Static Trunk Monitoring
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Port Monitoring Features
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selecting or removing ports none selected
Switch 6108 and Series 4100gl Switches
You can designate a port for monitoring inbound (ingress) traffic of other ports
and of static trunks on the switch. The switch monitors the network activity
by copying all traffic inbound on the specified interfaces to the designated
monitoring port, to which a network analyzer can be attached.
Series 2600, 2600-PWR, and 2800 Switches
You can designate a port for monitoring inbound (ingress) and outbound
(egress) traffic of other ports and of static trunks on the switch. The switch
monitors the network activity by copying all inbound and outbound traffic on
the specified interfaces to the designated monitoring port, to which a network
analyzer can be attached.
All 2600 Series models will support inbound and outbound port monitoring.
However, the 2650 and 2650-PWR require that the "mirror port" be within the
same grouping as the monitored ports. On the 2650/2650-PWR switches, ports
are grouped as follows: 1-24 + 49, and 25-48 + 50. These groupings represent
the connections of ports to NetSwitch ASICs within the models.
The instructions below apply to all of the switches covered in this manual.
Port trunks cannot be used as a monitoring port.
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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