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# Configuring the Check Point Gateway for Port Mirroring

You can configure a mirror port for a Check Point deployment that includes a Security Management Server, a gateway, and a SmartDashboard. The mirror port duplicates the network traffic and records the activity in logs.

Use these procedures to configure a Check Point Gateway Switch for port mirroring.

## Connecting the Device

**To configure the device**

1. Open the VMware Security Gateway.

2. From the command line, run

   ```
   sysconfig
   ```

3. Select **Network Connections**.

4. Select **Configure Connections**.

5. Select the interface to configure as the mirror port.

   This is the one that you connected.

6. Select **Define as connected to a mirror port**.

7. Enable the **Application Control** blade in the SmartDashboard.

   You can also enable the IPS blade to see IPS traffic.

   <Note>
     **Note:** If you only want to enable the IPS blade, you must activate at least one HTTP protection.
   </Note>

8. Install the Policy.

## Verifying the Configuration

**To verify the configuration**

1. Browse to any website, such as Google.
2. Open SmartView Tracker.
3. Verify that you see traffic from the blade you enabled.

To learn more about configuring a mirror port on a Check Point gateway, refer to the [Check Point documentation](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R76/CP_R76_AppControl_WebAdmin/64821.htm) on the vendor website.