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Mirroring Configuration
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Mirroring Overview
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Mirroring Configuration
Displaying and Maintaining Port Mirroring
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Mirroring Configuratio
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plicated is called the source mirroring port or monitored port and the port
packets are sent is called the destination mirroring port or the monitor port, as
shown in the following figure.
oring Overview
Mirroring is to duplicate packets from a port to another port connected with a data monitoring device for
network monitoring and diagnosis.
The port where packets are du
to which duplicated
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Mirroring
PC
Data detection device
Network
Source
mirroring port
Destination
mirroring port
port three types of port mirroring:
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Local Port Mirrori
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Remote Port Mirroring
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Traffic Mirroring
in the following sections.
Loca
urce ports of a device are copied to the
destination port on the same device for packet analysis and monitoring. In this case, the source ports
and the destination port must be located on the same device.
They are described
l Port Mirroring
In local port mirroring, packets passing through one or more so
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