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Configuring Port Mirroring
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Configuring Port Mirroring 205 Configuring Port 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 a diagnostic tool as well as a debugging feature. Port mirroring also enables switch performance monitoring. Network administrators can configure port mirroring by selecting a specific port from which to copy all packets, and other ports to which the packets copied. This section contains the following topics: ■ Defining Port Mirroring ■ Removing Port Mirroring
Configuring Port Mirroring
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Configuring Port
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 a diagnostic tool as well as a debugging
feature. Port mirroring also enables switch performance monitoring.
Network administrators can configure port mirroring by selecting a
specific port from which to copy all packets, and other ports to which the
packets copied.
This section contains the following topics:
■
Defining Port Mirroring
■
Removing Port Mirroring