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Configuring port mirroring – 3Com 2924-PWR User Manual

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Configuring Port Mirroring

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Configuring Port
Mirroring

Port mirroring monitors and mirrors network traffic by forwarding copies
of incoming and outgoing packets from one port to a monitoring port.
Port mirroring can be used as a diagnostic tool as well as a debugging
feature. Port mirroring also enables switch performance monitoring.

Network administrators can configure port mirroring by selecting a
specific port from which to copy all packets, and other ports to which the
packets copied.

This section contains the following topics:

Defining Port Mirroring

Removing Port Mirroring