Local Mirror Statistics

Navigate to the MONITOR | Tools & Monitor > Packet Monitor page and select the Statistics tab. The Local Mirror Statistics section displays this information about packets sent to another physical interface on the same SonicWall network security appliance:

• The status indicator shows one of the following three conditions:
  • Red – Mirroring is off
  • Green – Mirroring is on
  • Yellow – Mirroring is on but disabled because the local mirroring interface is not specified
• On/off indicator
• Mirroring to interface – The specified local mirroring interface
• packets mirrored – The total number of packets mirrored locally
• pkts skipped – The total number of packets that skipped mirroring because of packets that are incoming/outgoing on the interface on which monitoring is configured
• pkts exceeded rate – The total number of packets that skipped mirroring because of rate limiting