Performance Management of Switches
What Happens
1) Client “A” sends a packet out (destined for server “C”).
2) The SWITCH sends only to the port that the packet is destined for.
3) The Probe will not see any packets.
=> It’s as if each port was it’s own subnet!
Switch
Client B
Server C
Client A
RMON Probe E
Server D
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