Mirroring - Planet Networking & Communication WGSD-1022 User Manual

• MAC Address
• VLAN ID

4.11.3 Mirroring

Port mirroring monitors and mirrors network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming and outgoing
packets from one port to a monitoring port. Port mirroring can be used as diagnostic tool and/or a
debugging feature. Port
mirroring also enables switch performance monitoring (refer to figure 4-55).
Network administrators configure port mirroring by selecting a specific port to copy all packets, and
different ports from which the packets are copied.
interface types from which to select:
• Port - displays the specific port number
• LAG - displays the specific LAG number.
Specifies the MAC address for which the table is queried
Specifies the VLAN ID for which the table is queried.
Figure 4-55 Mirroring screen