
B-2
Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
Contents
Web Browser Interface Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-25
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Mirrored Traffic Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-29
Local Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-29
Remote Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-29
Mirrored Traffic Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-29
Criteria for Selecting Traffic To Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-30
Mirrored Traffic Operation and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-30
Mirroring Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-30
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-31
Endpoint Switches and Intermediate Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-32
Updating from a Legacy Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . B-32
Using the Menu or Web Interface To Configure Local Mirroring . . B-33
Menu and Web Interface Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33
Configuration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-34
CLI: Configuring Local and Remote Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-37
General Steps for Using the CLI To Configure Mirroring . . . . . B-38
Quick Reference to Local Mirroring Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-40
Quick Reference to Remote Mirroring Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-41
1. Determine the Mirroring Session Identity and Destination . . . . . B-44
2. Configure the Remote Mirroring Session on Destination Switch B-44
3. Configure the Mirroring Session on the Source Switch . . . . . . . . B-46
4. Configure Mirroring Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-49
Traffic Selection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-49
Mirroring Source Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-49
Using a MAC Address as Mirroring Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-57
Displaying the Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-61
Displaying the Mirroring Configuration Summary . . . . . . . . . . B-61
Displaying the Remote Endpoint Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . B-63
Displaying a Mirroring Session Configuration on a Source Switch . .
B-64
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