Network Monitoring Port Features - HP J3100B Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring the Switch
Configurable Features

Network Monitoring Port Features

Lets you designate a port for monitoring traffic on one or more other ports or
on a VLAN configured on the switch. This is accomplished by copying all
traffic from the specified ports or VLAN to the designated monitoring port.
N o t e
If Automatic Broadcast Control (ABC) is configured and more than one port
is being monitored, then broadcast packets may be duplicated on the monitor
port.
How To Configure for Monitoring: This procedure describes configuring
the switch for monitoring when monitoring is disabled. (If monitoring has
already been enabled, the screens will appear differently than shown in this
procedure.)
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Select Network Monitoring Port from the Configuration screen.
In the Actions menu, press [E] (for Edit).
If monitoring is currently disabled (the default) then enable it by pressing
the Space bar (or [Y] ) to select Yes.
Figure 3-13. The Default Network Monitoring Configuration Screen
Press [v] to display a screen similar to the following and move the cursor
to the Monitoring Port
Enable Monitoring by
Setting this Parameter
to "Yes"
parameter.