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5.2 Port Mirror
Port mirror function is to monitor and mirror network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming and
outgoing packets from one/multiple ports (mirrored port) to a specific port (mirroring port). Usually,
the mirroring port is connected to a data diagnosis device, which is used to analyze the mirrored
packets for monitoring and troubleshooting the network.
Choose the menu Monitoring→Port Mirror to load the following page.
Figure 5-2 Port Mirror
The following entries are displayed on this screen:
Port Mirror
Port Mirror Status: Enable or disable the port mirror feature of the specified port.
Mirroring Port: Select a port from the pull-down list as the mirroring port.
Mirrored Port
Mirrored Port: Displays the number of mirrored port to monitor the traffic.
Ingress: Select whether to monitor the ingress traffic. When the ingress is
enabled, the ingress traffic received by the mirrored port will be
copied to the mirroring port.
Egress: Select whether to monitor the egress traffic. When the egress is
enabled, the outgoing packets sent by the mirrored port will be
copied to the mirroring port.
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