D-Link DGS-3312SR [60/290] Port mirroring

DGS-3312SR Stackable Gigabit Layer 3 Switch

Port Mirroring

The Switch allows you to copy frames transmitted and received on a port and redirect the copies to another port. You can

e packets

ration >

attach a monitoring device to the mirrored port, such as a sniffer or an RMON probe, to view details about th

passing through the first port. Follow the steps below to set up port mirroring. To view this window, click Configu

Port Mirroring.

Figure 4- 6. Setup Port Mirroring window

To configure a mirror port:

• Select the Source Unit

• Select the Target Port using the Unit and Port drop-down menus.

• hange the St

• Click Apply to ect.

containing the port that is being mirrored.

• Configure how the port is to be mirrored by selecting the direction that will be mirrored. Choose Ingress,

Egress, or Both for the mirrored port by clicking the appropriate radio button for the port.

C atus drop-down menu to Enabled.

let the changes take eff

NOTE: You cannot mirror a fast port onto a slower port. For example, if you try to

mirror the tra

ffic from a 100 Mbps port onto a 10 Mbps port, this can cause

addition, the target port for the mirroring cannot be a member of a trunk group.

throughput problems. The port you are copying frames from should always support

an equal or lower speed than the port to which you are sending the copies. In

Please note a target port and a source port cannot be the same port.