Configuring port mirroring 61Procedure stepsStep Action1 From the main menu, choose Configuration > Port > PortBroadcast Control or choose Configuration > Port > TrunkBroadcast Control.ATTENTIONBES50GE-12/24T does not support trunk broadcast control.2 Select the Enabled check box and type a threshold for each portand trunk.3 Click Submit.—End—Variable definitionsVariable ValuePort Indicates the port number.Protect Status Select to enable broadcast storm control. (Default: Enabled)Threshold Enter threshold as acpercentage of port or trunk bandwidth.For BES50GE-12/24T, the threshold setting is a global setting forall ports. (Default: 64 packets per second)Trunk Indicates the trunk number if the port is a member.Configuring port mirroringUse this procedure to configure traffic to mirror from any source port toa target port for real-time analysis.Prerequisites• All mirror sessions must share the same destination port.• The VLAN must include the target port and the source port.• Monitor port speed must match or exceed source port speed; otherwise,traffic can drop from the monitor port.Procedure stepsStep Action1 From the main menu, choose Configuration > Port > Mirror PortConfiguration.SMBUsing the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 50 SeriesNN47924-301 01.01 Standard1.00 October 2006Copyright © 2006, Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential.
