3com 2200 User Manual

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the remote port is located. The remote system must be located on the same 
FDDI ring as the system to which the analyzer is attached.

Figure 9-1 shows the process for establishing local and remote monitoring 
of ports.

Figure 9-1   Roving Analysis of Local and Remote Ethernet Ports

You can have a maximum of 16 network analyzers connected to a system 
(the maximum number of Ethernet ports on a system) and up to 8 ports 
monitored per system. The network analyzer cannot be located on the same 
segment as the port you want to monitor. In general, you will configure one 
analyzer port ➊ and from there monitor one Ethernet port at a time ❷. 

You can display the roving analysis configuration to see which ports are 
designated as analyzer ports and which ports are currently being monitored 
on a specific system.

When you display the roving analysis configurations for a system, you 
receive:

■

A list of analyzer ports on the system (ports connected to a network 
analyzer), including the Ethernet port number and the Ethernet MAC 
address of the port

■

A list of ports being monitored on the system, including the Ethernet port 
number and the Ethernet MAC address of the port to which the analyzer is 
attached

Switch 2200

Switch 2200

Ethernet ports

Ethernet ports

Local port
to monitor

Remote port
to monitor

OR

Network Analyzer

Port chosen for
network analyzer

FDDI