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Table 3-18 describes the
Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields.
Table 3-18. Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields
Field Description
Monitoring Mode
This field allows a user to select any one of six port-based monitoring modes or any
one of five address-based monitoring modes (see Table 3-19
). Selecting any one of
the six
port-based modes
activates the port X and port Y screen fields, where a user
can choose up to two ports to monitor. Selecting any one of the five
address-based
modes
activates the Address A and Address B screen fields, where a user can
specify MAC addresses to monitor.
Default Disabled
Range See Ta b l e 3 - 19
Monitor Port
Indicates the switch port designated as the monitor port.
Default Zero-length string
Range 1 to 26 (Model dependent)
Port X
Indicates one of the switch ports that will be monitored by the designated port
monitor when one of the port-based monitoring modes is selected. This port will be
monitored according to the value X in the Monitoring Mode field (see Table 3-19
).
Default Zero-length string
Range 1 to 26 (Model dependent)
Port Y
Indicates one of the switch ports that will be monitored by the designated port
monitor when one of the port-based monitoring modes is selected. This port will be
monitored according to the value Y in the Monitoring Mode field (see Table 3-19
).
Default Zero-length string
Range 1 to 26 (Model dependent)
Address A
Indicates the MAC addresses that will be monitored by the designated port monitor
when one of the address-based monitoring modes is selected. This port will be
monitored according to the value “Address A” in the selected Monitoring Mode field
(see Table 3-19
). Users can enter the MAC address from this screen or from the MAC
Address Table screen. The entry is displayed and can be modified by either screen
(See “MAC Address Table” on page 3-24).
Default 00-00-00-00-00-00 (no MAC address assigned)
Range 00-00-00-00-00-00 to FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
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