Port Mirror; Figure 4.18 L2 Switching > Port Mirror - Advantech EKI-9226G Series User Manual

4.5.2

Port Mirror

Port mirroring function allows the sending of a copy of network packets seen on one
switch port to a network monitoring connection on another switch port. Port mirroring
can be used to analyze and debug data or diagnose errors on a network or to mirror
either inbound or outbound traffic (or both).
There are no preset values in the Port Mirror. The displayed values do not represent
the actual setting values.
To access this page, click L2 Switching > Port Mirror.
The following table describes the items in the previous figure.
Item
Session ID
Monitor session state Click the drop-down menu to enable or disable the session mode for a
Destination Port
Allow-ingress
Sniffer RX Ports
Sniffer TX Ports
Apply
The ensuing table for Mirror Status settings are informational only: Session ID, Des-
tination Port, Ingress State, Source TX Port and Source RX Port.
Figure 4.18 L2 Switching > Port Mirror
Description
Click the drop-down menu to select a port mirroring session from the
list. The number of sessions allowed is platform specific.
selected session ID.
Click the drop-down menu to select the destination port and receive
all the traffic from configured mirrored port(s).
Click the drop-down menu to enable or disable the Allow-ingress func-
tion.
Enter the variable to define the RX port.
Enter the variable to define the TX port.
Click Apply to save the values and update the screen.
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