Web Management Guide-R03

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Chapter 6
| Address Table Settings
Configuring MAC Address Mirroring
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Figure 98: Clearing Entries in the Dynamic MAC Address Table
Configuring MAC Address Mirroring
Use the MAC Address > Mirror (Add) page to mirror traffic matching a specified
source address from any port on the switch to a target port for real-time analysis.
You can then attach a logic analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and study
the traffic crossing the source port in a completely unobtrusive manner.
Command Usage
When mirroring traffic from a MAC address, ingress traffic with the specified
source address entering any port in the switch, other than the target port, will
be mirrored to the destination port.
All mirror sessions must share the same destination port.
Spanning Tree BPDU packets are not mirrored to the target port.
When mirroring port traffic, the target port must be included in the same VLAN
as the source port when using MSTP (see “Spanning Tree Algorithm on
page 179).
When mirroring VLAN traffic (see “Configuring VLAN Mirroring” on page 162) or
packets based on a source MAC address, the target port cannot be set to the
same target ports as that used for port mirroring (see “Configuring
Local Port Mirroring” on page 99).
When traffic matches the rules for both port mirroring, and for mirroring of
VLAN traffic or packets based on a MAC address, the matching packets will not
be sent to target port specified for port mirroring.
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
Source MAC – MAC address in the form of xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx or xxxxxxxxxxxx.
Target Port – The port that will mirror the traffic from the source port.
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