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EDS-828 Series Featured Functions

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Take the following steps to set up the Mirror Port function:

STEP 1

Configure the EDS-828’s Mirror Port function from either the Console utility or Web Browser interface. You will

need to configure three settings:

Monitored Port Select the port number of the port whose network activity will be monitored.

Mirror Port Select the port number of the port that will be used to monitor the activity of the

monitored port.

Watch Direction Select one of the following three watch direction options:

• Output data stream

Select this option to monitor only those data packets being sent out through the

EDS-828’s port.

• Input data stream

Select this option to monitor only those data packets coming in through the

EDS-828’s port.

• Bi-directional

Select this option to monitor data packets both coming into, and being sent out

through, the EDS-828’s port.

STEP 2

Be sure to activate your settings before exiting.

• When using the Web Browser interface, activate by clicking on the Activate button.

• When using the Console utility, activate by first highlighting the Activate menu option, and then press

Enter. You should receive the Mirror port settings are now active! (Press any key to continue)

message.

Ping

The Ping function uses the ping command to give users a simple but powerful tool for troubleshooting network

problems. The function’s most unique feature is that even though the ping command is entered from the user’s

PC keyboard, the actual ping command originates from the EDS-828 itself. In this way, the user can essentially

“sit on top of the EDS-828” and send ping commands out through its ports.

To use the Ping function, type in the desired IP address, and then press Enter from the Console utility, or click

on Ping when using the Web Browser interface.

LLDP Function Overview

Defined by IEEE 802.11AB, LLDP is an OSI Layer 2 Protocol that standardizes the self-identity advertisement

methodology. It allows each networking device, e.g. a Moxa managed switch, to periodically inform its

neighbors about its self-information and configurations. As a result, all of the devices will have knowledge

about each other; and through SNMP, this knowledge can be transferred to Moxa’s MXview for auto-topology

and network visualization.