ProCurve Switches 2512 and 2524 Management and Configuration Guide

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Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
Port Monitoring Features
Monitoring and Analyzing
Switch Operation
Port Monitoring Features
Port Monitoring Features
You can designate a port for monitoring traffic of one or more other ports or
of a single VLAN configured on the switch. The switch monitors the network
activity by copying all traffic from the specified monitoring sources (ports or
VLAN) to the designated monitoring port, to which a network analyzer can be
attached.
Note Port trunk groups cannot be used as a monitoring port.
It is possible, when monitoring multiple ports in networks with high traffic
levels, to copy more traffic to a monitor port than the link can support. In this
case, some packets may not be copied to the monitor port.
Feature Default Menu CLI Web
display monitoring
configuration
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configure the monitor port(s)
or VLAN
ports: none
VLANs: DEFAULT_VLAN
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selecting or removing ports
or VLANs
none selected page 10-22 page 10-25 page 10-26