Port mirroring on Nortel BayStack 460-PWR

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georgio75 wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am designing a network using the BS460 as power switches.
>
> I need to put a sniffer on a specified port on the switch to monitor
> the traffic on my network.
>
> Is the BS460-PWR capable of doing many-to-one port mirroring, i.e. can
> i mirror 23 ports on a single one?
>
> It is stated clearly that the 450's can do it, but I could find nothing
> regarding the 460's.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
It's my understanding that the 460's are just 450's with POE added. So
I'd assume yes. But then again, that's only an assumption.