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• IP interfaces are not configured on the Destination (or Monitoring).
• GVRP is not enabled on the Destination (or Monitoring).
• The Destination (or Monitoring) port is not a VLAN member.
• Only one Destination (or Monitoring) port can be defined.
• A maximum of 4 ports can be monitored (both Rx and Tx).
• All packets are transmitted tagged from the destination port.
• Monitored all RX/TX packets to the same port.
NOTE:
Internal ports may be effected by enabling Port Mirroring. When a port is set to be a target port for a port-
mirroring session, all normal operations on it are suspended. This includes Spanning Tree and LACP.
General Port Mirror Settings consist of the following:
-
Destination Port
—The port number to which port traffic is copied. Also known as the
monitoring port.
-
Transmit Packets
—Select whether packets transmitted are
Tagged,
or
Untagged
. This field may
not be visible for all switches.
You can
Edit
Port Mirroring settings for a source port in the table below these two fields. Click
Add
to create a new group of settings, or select an existing interface listed in the upper portion of the
screen and click
Edit
the editor opens (the lower portion of the screen) with the following fields:
-
Source Port
—Defines the port number from which port traffic is mirrored. Also known as the
monitored ports.
-
Ty p e
—Indicates if the source port is RX, TX, or both RX and TX.
Click
Apply
to accept the edits you have configured and add it to the list.
Cancel
abandons your
edits.
Click
Configure
to send any altered configuration to the device. Click
Refresh
to renew the device
information on this screen.
Routing Protocols
The following screens appear in Dell devices that support these routing protocols. Click
Configure
to apply your edits to the device and/or database. Click
Refresh
to update the screen with the latest
device information.
RIP
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is the most commonly used Internet standard for interior
gateway protocols. The protocol broadcasts routing information to determine the quickest route to
the next destination. RIP is a distance vector routing protocol that is best used in small networks.
Routes are determined through the smallest hop count. Routing updates contain pairs of values
consisting of an IP address and the distance to the node. RIP version 2 does the following:
• Supports subnet masks.