1-12IntroductionEach dynamic entry includes:• An Ethernet MAC address• A single port number of the LAN on which the address resides• The age of the entryThe SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX stores 8192 dynamic (learned)entries in its Bridge Address Table.1.5.3 SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Port MirroringPort monitoring allows the SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX toredirect network traffic (good packets only) from multiple ports tothe port selected for mirroring, in effect “mirroring” all networktraffic to this port. This feature allows users who have existinginvestments in external analyzers, external RMON probes, ordevices like Network General's Distributed Sniffer System TM tocontinue to receive expert analysis and packet decode functions ina switched environment -- simply use the port mirroring functionto mirror switched traffic to the designated “diagnostic” port towhich the analyzer is attached.1.5.4 SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX SampleApplicationsJust as a six lane highway allows you to travel much faster than asingle lane highway, a network backbone creates high-speedconnections for your network. In general, a network backboneallows you to distribute access to important network resourcessuch as file or print servers. Additional SmartSTACK 100ELS100-16TX features, such as trunking, Fast Ethernet, and virtualworkgroups allow you to optimize bandwidth and design a moreefficient flow for your network traffic.
