Configuring a mirror port
To configure port monitoring, first configure the mirror port. The mirror port is the port to which the monitored traffic is copied. To configure a mirror port, perform the following steps.
- Click Configure on the left pane and select Monitor and Mirror.
- Select the mode in which the port operates in the Mode list, which can be one of the following:
- Select a Unit ID from the
Select Unit list and click
Get Ports to retrieve the list of ports corresponding to the selected Unit ID.
A message is displayed to indicate that the operation does not change the running configuration.
- Select a port to which the monitored traffic must be copied in the Mirror Port list.
- Click
Add .
The message The change has been made is displayed. To display the configured mirror port, click Show Mirror Port. The figure below shows the Mirrored Ports window with the configured mirror port information.
To delete the configured mirror port, click Delete. To reset the data entered in the configuration pane, click Reset .
