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NetAtlas Workgroup Ethernet Switch Manager User’s Guide

Chapter 16 Ethernet Port Configuration

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The following table describes the fields in this screen.

16.12 Port Mirroring

Port mirroring allows you to copy traffic going from one or all ports to another or all ports in
order that you can examine the traffic from the mirror port (the port you copy the traffic to)
without interference.

You must first select a monitor port. A monitor port is a port that copies the traffic of another
port. After you select a monitor port, configure a mirroring rule in the related fields.

Follow the steps below to configure the Port Mirroring screen.

1 In the Device Panel list, select a device and then right-click.

2 Click Configuration > Ethernet Port Configuration > Port Mirroring.

3 Select a device and the port(s) to which you want to apply this configuration.

Figure 103 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port Mirroring

Table 76 Ethernet Port Configuration: Port Security

TABLE

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this check box to enable the port security feature on selected ports.

Address Learning MAC address learning reduces outgoing broadcast traffic. For MAC address

learning to occur on a port, the port itself must be active with address learning

enabled. Select the Address Learning check box.

Limited Number

of Learned MAC

Address

Use this field to limit the number of (dynamic) MAC addresses that may be learned

on a port. For example, if you set this field to "5" on port 2, then only the devices

with these five learned MAC addresses may access port 2 at any one time. A sixth

device would have to wait until one of the five learned MAC addresses aged out.

MAC-address aging out time can be set in the Switch Setup screen. The valid

range is from 0 to 16K. 0 means this feature is disabled, so the switch will learn

MAC addresses up to the global limit of 16K.

MAC Freeze

Click MAC Freeze to convert all current dynamic MAC addresses to static MAC

addresses. When you click the MAC Freeze button, the MAC Address Learning

check box is cleared but port security becomes Active.

Apply

Click Apply to save the changes.