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Port Redirect Configuration Screen
Local Management Supplement 1-27
1.11 PORT REDIRECT CONFIGURATION SCREEN
The Port Redirect Configuration screen, Figure 1-12, enables the user to
redirect frames from one source port to one destination port. Frames
received on the source port can be redirected and transmitted in the frame
format in which they are received (normal), or they can be redirected with
a VLAN Tag (TAGGED) or without a VLAN Tag (UNTAGGED). Also,
any errored frames received can be either dropped or forwarded to the
destination port. For example, port 1 can be set as the source port with
port 2 as the destination port. Frames from port 1 are then automatically
redirected to port 2 according to the configured frame format, and frames
with errors can be either forwarded or dropped according to the screen
settings.
The port redirect function is very useful for troubleshooting purposes, as
it allows traffic to be sent to a particular port where, with the use of an
analyzer or RMON probe, all current traffic from the source port can be
examined.
NOTE
If an optional ATM interface is installed, up to 128 ports may be
set to redirect frames. This includes ATM Port Virtual Channels
(PVCs).
NOTE
Although all traffic from the source port (including, if desired,
errored frames) is sent to the destination port, normal switching
is still performed for all frames on the source port.