Planet VC-2400MR48 [68/215] Port sniffer

User’s Manual of VC-820M / VC-2400MR Series

The page includes the following fields:

Object Description

Port:

The port number.

State:

It’s set by Port Control. When the state is disabled, the port will not transmit or

receive any packet.

Link: The status of linking—‘Up’ or ‘Down’.

Tx Good Packet:

The counts of transmitting good packets via this port.

Tx Bad Packet:

The counts of transmitting bad packets (including undersize [less than 64 octets],

oversize, CRC Align errors, fragments and jabbers packets) via this port.

Rx Good Packet:

The counts of receiving good packets via this port.

Rx Bad Packet:

The counts of receiving good packets (including undersize [less than 64 octets],

oversize, CRC error, fragments and jabbers) via this port.

Tx Abort Packet:

The aborted packet while transmitting.

Packet Collision:

The counts of collision packet.

Packet Dropped:

The counts of dropped packet.

4.3.4 Port Sniffer

The Port Sniffer (mirroring) is a method for monitor traffic in switched networks. Traffic through a port can be monitored by

one specific port. That is, traffic goes in or out a monitored port will be duplicated into sniffer port.

Figure 4-3-4: Port Mirror application