D-Link 3624I Product Manual - Page 54

Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User's Guide Figure 6-15. Port Trunk screen The fields you can set are: ♦ Anchor There are either two or three listings representing the anchor port for each of the three trunk groups available on the Switch (the third listing will only be displayed if an optional two-port plug-in module is being used). The anchor port must fall within the port range and be included as a member port. ♦ Name Enter the desired group name. In the example pictured above the first trunk group designates a trunk group named Sales. ♦ Members Select between 2 to 8 ports in the first two entries for this field. The number of ports defined here start from the anchor port. Thus, in the example pictured above containing 5 ports in the first trunk, the ports in the trunk group will include ports (anchor), 5, 6,7, 10, and 11. The third entry (used for 2-port front-panel modules) has a permanent setting of 2 ports. ♦ State Enabled, Disabled or Clear. Be careful when clearing trunk groups as the connections will return to normal operation and may cause signal loops. Port Range is a read-only field which lists the possible ports in a selected trunk. Press APPLY to let the changes take effect. Configure Port Mirroring The Switch allows you to copy frames transmitted and received on a port and redirect the copies to another port. You can attach a monitoring device to the mirrored port, such as a sniffer or an RMON probe, to view details about the packets passing through the first port. This is useful for network monitoring and troubleshooting purposes. Choose Configure Port Mirroring on the System Configuration menu to access the following screen: 58 Using the Console Interface