M A G N U M6 KS W I T C H E S ,M N S - 6 KU S E RG U I D EThe set of commands show how port 11 is mirrored on port 13. Any traffic on port 11 isalso sent on port 13.Magnum6K25#show port-mirrorSniffer Port: 0Monitor Port: 0Mirroring State : disabledMagnum6K25#port-mirrorMagnum6K25(port-mirror)##setport monitor=11 sniffer=13Port 11 set as Monitor PortPort 13 set as Sniffer PortMagnum6K25(port-mirror)##prtmr enablePort Mirroring EnabledMagnum6K25(port-mirror)##exitMagnum6K25#show port-mirrorSniffer Port: 13Monitor Port: 11Mirroring State : enabledMagnum6K25#FIGURE74–Enabling port mirroringOnceportmonitoringiscompleted,forsecurityreasons,GarrettComstronglyrecommends that the port mirroring be disabled using the“prtmr diable”command.1) Only one port can be set to port mirror at a time2) Both the ports (monitored port and sniffer port) have to belong tothe same VLAN3) The mirrored port shows both incoming as well as outgoing traffic4) When port mirror is active, to change mirrored port, first disableport mirror and then assign the new port as described abovePort setupEach port on the GarrettCom Magnum 6K family of switches can be setup specific portcharacteristics. The command for setting the port characteristics are:Syntaxdevice– enter the device configuration modeSyntaxsetport port= [name=] [speed=<10|100>][duplex=] [auto=] [flow=][bp=] [status=]wheredevice– sets up the Magnum 6K switch in the device configuration modename– assigns a specific name to the port. This name is a designated name for the portand can be a server name, user name or any other name123
