Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:41:39 -0700 From: Steven Stremciuc <steve@freeslacker.net> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for switch recommendations ... Message-ID: <4069F7A3.3060202@freeslacker.net> In-Reply-To: <200403301406.05470.wes@softweyr.com> References: <CD1C1AC62C4DA944914E36E7B3DD904313DB1C@sestosrv004p.ad.octapharma.se> <4067D250.8070609@freeslacker.net> <200403301406.05470.wes@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: >>Info about the 3348's problems: >>http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=pc_managed&message.id=1425 >> >>The guy who posted the message in the Dell forum you linked above sounds >>like he has no idea what he's doing. It's not possible to use a switch >>port mirroring function to monitor a switch without a strong knowlege of >>network configuration. The fact that he's getting only packets bearing the >>IP address of the other NIC in his XP box doesn't lend me to believe he has >>that knowlege. >> I was referring to the reply from the Moderator Randy (2nd post) and not the original poster you mention. The Moderator mentions "The switch's architecture has ports 1-24 and gigabit port 1 on 1 ASIC, while ports 25-48 and gigabit port 2 are on the other. Because of this architecture, you are unable to mirror between ASICs, e.g. port 1 to port 48." He also mentions a hardware chipset limitation that only affects the Dell 33xx series regarding mirroring of ports that are part of a 802.1Q VLAN.
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