Monitoring 10Mbps SwitchExample #3: Using conversation steering and monitor port

• Monitor Ports Can Only Send Data

• Some Vendors Switches Can Only Steer One Port at a Time (Traffic is copied from one switch port to the monitor port.)

• If used as "roving probe", then lose history or effective reporting as well as alarms from other ports

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