Defining Port Mirroring Sessions - Dell PowerConnect 3424 User Manual

The following is an example of the CLI commands:
console(config)# port storm-control include-multicast
console(config)# interface ethernet 1/e1
console(config-if)# port storm-control broadcast enable
console(config-if)# port storm-control broadcast rate 100000
console(config-if)# end
console# show ports storm-control
Port
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1/e1
2/e1
3/e2

Defining Port Mirroring Sessions

Port mirroring:
• Monitors and mirrors network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming and outgoing packets
from one port to a monitoring port.
• Can be used as a diagnostic tool and/or a debugging feature.
• Enables device performance and monitoring.
Port mirroring is configured by selecting a specific port to copy all packets, and different ports from
which the packets are copied.
Before configuring Port Mirroring, note the following:
• Port mirroring monitors and mirrors network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming and
outgoing packets, from a monitored port to a monitoring port.
• Monitored port cannot operate faster than the monitoring port.
• All the RX/TX packets should be monitored to the same port.
The following restrictions apply to ports configured to be destination ports:
• Ports cannot be configured as a source port.
• Ports cannot be a LAG member.
• IP interfaces are not configured on the port.
• GVRP is not enabled on the port.
• The port is not a VLAN member.
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Configuring Switch Information
Broadcast Storm control [kbyes/sec]
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8000
Disabled
Disabled