IronPort Systems 4108GL - Manual (Page 407)

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Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
Port Monitoring Features
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Port Monitoring Features
Port Monitoring Features
You can designate a port for monitoring incoming traffic of one or more other
ports on the switch. The switch monitors the network activity by copying all
traffic inbound on the specified ports to the designated monitoring port, to
which a network analyzer can be attached.
N o t e Port trunk groups cannot be used as a monitoring port.
It is possible, when monitoring multiple ports in networks with high traffic
levels, to copy more traffic to a monitor port than the link can support. In this
case, some packets may not be copied to the monitor port.
Feature Default Menu CLI Web
display monitoring
configuration disabled page 17-24 page 17-26 page 17-27
configure the monitor port(s) ports: none page 17-24 page 17-26 page 17-27
selecting or removing ports none selected page 17-24 page 17-27 page 17-27