Dell PowerConnect 6024 User's Guide (.htm) - Page 257

Console(config-if)# port storm-control broadcast rate 100000 Console(config-if)# exit Port ---g1 g2 ... g24 Broadcast and Multicast Storm Control [Kbytes/sec 100000 Disabled Disabled Defining Port Mirroring Sessions 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 debugging feature. Port mirroring also enables switch performance monitoring. Network administrators configure port mirroring by selecting a specific port to copy all packets, and different ports from which the packets copied. Before configuring port mirroring, note the following: • Monitored ports cannot operate faster than the monitoring port. • Maximum number of source ports is eight. • Only one mirroring session can be configured at a time. The following restrictions apply to ports configured to be destination ports: • Ports cannot be configured as a source port. • Ports cannot be a LAG member. • IP interfaces are not configured on the port. • GVRP is not enabled on the port. • The port is not a VLAN member. • Only one destination port can be defined. The following restrictions apply to ports configured to be source ports: • Source Ports cannot be a LAG member. • Ports cannot be configured as a destination port. • All packets are transmitted tagged from the destination port. • All the TX packets should be monitored to the same port. To open the Port Mirroring page, click Switch→Ports→Port Mirroring in the tree view. Configuring Switch Information 267