Configuring Mirror Port Mode
Before enabling Mirror/SPAN port monitoring, you must configure a switch port to mirror traffic to an unused port cabled to the Exinda Appliance. Alternatively, you can deploy a network hub in-pathIn-path refers to placing an between network devices that send and receive data packets to each other, like a switch and a router. An appliance deployed in-path automatically inspects all packets traveling along the path. and directly cable the Exinda Appliance to the hub. A hub, by design, mirrors all traffic to all ports.
Any port not enslaved to a bridge or in use for another function, for example, cluster or WCCP, may be used to receive mirror port or SPAN port traffic.