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27 the "switch" wbm menu – Siemens Industrial Ethernet Switches SCALANCE X-200 User Manual

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Configuration / diagnostics using remote mechanisms

6.3 Configuration using Web Based Management (WBM) and Command Line Interface (CLI)

SCALANCE X-200
Operating Instructions, 12/2011, A5E00349864-19

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6.3.5.27

The "Switch" WBM menu

Port Mirroring

Note
for all SCALANCE X-200 IRT
Disable the function "Port Mirroring" if you want to operate the device in IRT mode. IRT

mode is not possible when the mirroring function is enabled.

With this dialog, you can enable or disable port mirroring; in other words, mirroring the data

traffic from the mirror port to the monitor port.
Apart from the device be monitored, no other communication node should be connected to

the monitor port.

Figure 6-32 "Switch Configuration (Port Mirroring)" dialog

Mirroring Enabled

Clicking this check box enables or disables the mirroring function.
Mirrored Port

Under mirrored port, enter the port to be monitored.
Monitor Port

Under monitor port, enter the port to be monitored.
Monitor Barrier Enabled (not relevant for X-200IRT IE switches)

With this check box, you can restrict communication via the mirror port. If the check box is

selected, the mirror port is taken out of normal frame switching. Otherwise communication

via the mirror port is unrestricted.