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Port Mirror

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6.2 Port Mirror Port mirror functions to monitor and mirror network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming and outgoing packets from one/multiple ports (mirrored port) to a specific port (mirroring port). Usually, the mirroring port is connected to a data diagnosis device, which is used to analyze the mirrored packets for monitoring and troubleshooting the network. Choose the menu Monitoring→Port Mirror to load the following page. Figure 6-2 Port Mirror The following entries are displayed on this screen:  Port Mirror Port Mirror: Mirroring Port:  Mirrored Port Allows you to enable or disable the port mirror feature of the specified port. Select a port from the pull-down list as the mirroring port. Mirrored Port: Ingress: Select a port from the pull-down list as the mirrored port to monitor the traffic. LAG member cannot be defined here. It is multi-optional. Select whether to monitor the ingress traffic. When the ingress is enabled, the ingress traffic received by the mirrored port will be copied to the mirroring port. 25

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6.2
Port Mirror
Port mirror functions to monitor and mirror network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming
and outgoing packets from one/multiple ports (mirrored port) to a specific port (mirroring port).
Usually, the mirroring port is connected to a data diagnosis device, which is used to analyze the
mirrored packets for monitoring and troubleshooting the network.
Choose the menu
Monitoring
Port Mirror
to load the following page.
Figure 6-2 Port Mirror
The following entries are displayed on this screen:
Port Mirror
Port Mirror:
Allows you to enable or disable the port mirror feature of the
specified port.
Mirroring Port:
Select a port from the pull-down list as the mirroring port.
Mirrored Port
Mirrored Port:
Select a port from the pull-down list as the mirrored port to
monitor the traffic. LAG member cannot be defined here. It is
multi-optional.
Ingress:
Select whether to monitor the ingress traffic. When the ingress
is enabled, the ingress traffic received by the mirrored port will
be copied to the mirroring port.
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