
Diagnosing Switch Problems
Port Mirroring
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Network Configuration Guide
June 2013
page 32-23
Configuring Remote Port Mirroring
This section describes the steps required to configure Remote Port Mirroring between Source,
Intermediate, and Destination switches.
The following diagram shows an example of a Remote Port Mirroring configuration:
Remote Port Mirroring Example
Configuring Source Switch
Follow the steps given below to configure the Source Switch:
-> port-mirroring 8 source 1/1
-> port-mirroring 8 destination 1/2 rpmir-vlan 1000
Configuring Intermediate Switch
Follow the steps given below to configure all the Intermediate Switches:
-> vlan 1000
-> spantree vlan 1000 admin-state disable
-> vlan 1000 members port 2/1-2 tagged
Enter the following QoS commands to override source learning:
-> policy condition c_is1 source vlan 1000
-> mac-learning vlan 1000 disable
-> policy rule r_is1 condition c_is1 action a_is1
-> qos apply
Note.
If the intermediate switches are not OmniSwitches, refer to the vendor documentation for
instructions on disabling or overriding source learning.
Local MTP
Source switch
Destination switch
Intermediate
switch
RPMir
VLAN
Source
Port
Destination Port
1/1
1/2
2/1
2/2
3/1
- 1000
3/2