Chapter 21: Switch Commands
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Router family
Command Line Interface Guide
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switch mirror
Configures port traffic mirroring. Switch mirroring allows traffic from an Ethernet
port(s) to be mirrored to another Ethernet port. Switch mirroring is disabled by default.
NOTE:
Port 9 is the uplink of the switch to the WAN/router.
Mgmt Class
Network (R/W)
Input Format
switch mirror [on | off | capture <port> | map <port>| unmap
<port>]
Parameters
Example
The following example will enable port mirroring; traffic from ports 3 and 4 will be
mirrored to the capture port 6:
***
When entered with no parameters, the current port mirroring state
information is displayed; see
Response
below.
on
Enables port mirroring function. If no additional parameters are
supplied, the current mirroring configuration is used.
off
Disables port mirroring function. Mirror settings are not changed.
capture <port>
1
1
Integer
Specifies the port that will capture traffic from the mirrored port.
2
2
When a capture <port> parameter is specified on the command line, port mirroring is auto-enabled.
map <port>
1
Specifies the port that will to be mirrored. Multiple ports can be
mapped to the capture port.
unmap <port>
1
Un-maps the specified port.
-> switch mirror capture 6
-> switch mirror map 3
-> switch mirror map 4
