Operation Manual

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Port Mirroring
Port Mirroring monitors and mirrors network trafc by
forwarding copies of incoming and outgoing packets from
one port to a monitoring port. Port mirroring can be used
as a diagnostic tool as well as a debugging feature. Port
mirroringisneededfortrafcanalysisonaswitchbecause
a switch normally sends packets only to the port to which
the destination device is connected.
To access the page, click Port Mirroring under the L2
Feature.
Direction: Select received, transmitted, or bidirectional
trafcismirrored.
Source Port: Selects the ports from which the packets are
mirrored.
Destination Port: Selectthe portto whichport trafcis
copied.
Apply: Click Apply in order for settings to take effect.