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3-14. Mirror
Function name:
Mirror Configuration
Function description:
Mirror Configuration is to monitor the traffic of the network. For example, we assume
that Port A and Port B are Monitoring Port and Monitored Port respectively, thus, the
traffic received by Port B will be copied to Port A for monitoring.
Note:
When configure the mirror function, you should avoid setting a port to be a sniffer port
and aggregated port at the same time. It will cause something wrong.
Fig. 3-161
Mirror Configuration
Parameter description:
Port to mirror to:
Range: Disabled / Port 1-24
Set the monitoring port.
Port #:
Range: 1-24
Select the monitored ports.
Source Enable:
The source enable means the monitored port ingress traffic will be copied to
monitoring port.
Destination Enable:
The destination enable means the monitored port egress traffic will
be copied to monitoring port.
3-15. Multicast
The function, Multicast, is used to establish the multicast groups to forward the
multicast packet to the member ports, and, in nature, avoids wasting the bandwidth while IP
multicast packets are running over the network. This is because a switch that does not