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Field Description
Display configuration
complete?
This field allows you to determine whether the configuration
information received from non-volatile or dynamic memory
(depending on what is selected in the Display Messages From field)
is complete. Use the spacebar to toggle between the options.
Default No
Range No, Yes
Clear Messages From This field allows you to clear the information messages from dynamic
or non-volatile memory or both. If you clear dynamic messages,
existing non-volatile messages are copied into dynamic memory.
After a system reset, all existing non-volatile messages are copied to
dynamic memory. Use the spacebar to toggle between the options.
Default None
Range None, Non Volatile, Volatile + Non Volatile
Port mirroring
You can designate one of your switch ports to monitor traffic on any two
specified switch ports (port-based) or to monitor traffic to or from any two
specified addresses that the switch has learned (address-based).
The following sections provide sample configurations using the Console
Interface for both monitoring modes available with the port mirror ing feature:
•
Port-based mirroring
•
Address-based mirroring
A sample Por t Mirroring Configuration screen accompanies each network
configuration example. Note that the examples do not show all of the screen
prompts that precede some actions.
Note: Use the CI menus, the CLI, or the Web-based management
system to configure port mirroring.
For example, when you configure a switch for port mirroring or when you
modify an existing port mirroring configuration, the new configuration does
not take effect until you respond [Yes] to the following screen prompt:
Nortel Ethernet Switch 460/470
Configuration — System Monitoring
NN47210-503 01.01 Standard
3.7 22 February 2007
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