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Configuring System Information
EdgeSwitch
™
Administration Guide
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
Use the buttons to perform the following tasks:
• To configure the administrative mode for a port mirroring session or to select an ACL for flow-based
mirroring, click
Configure Session
, configure the desired settings, and click
Submit
to apply the changes.
• To configure the destination as Remote VLAN or probe port, click
in the
Destination
field and click
Submit
to apply the change.
• To configure a source, click
Configure Source
. You can configure the source as Remote VLAN, VLAN,
or Interface, specify one or more source ports for the mirroring session, or determine which traffic is
mirrored (Tx, Rx, or both). Then, click
Submit
to apply the changes.
• To remove one or more source ports from the port mirroring session, select the check box associated with
each source port to remove, click
Remove Source
, and confirm the removal.
• Click
Refresh
to refresh the page with the most current data from the switch.
To retain the changes across the switch’s next power cycle, click
System
>
Configuration Storage
>
Save
.
Configuring a Port Mirroring Session
Note:
A port will be removed from a VLAN or LAG when it becomes a destination mirror.
1. From the
Port Mirroring
page, click
Configure Session
to display the
Session Configuration
dialog box.
2. In the
Mode
field, select
Enable
to enable port mirroring.
To retain the changes across the switch’s next power cycle, click
System
>
Configuration Storage
>
Save
.
Configuring Port Mirroring Source Ports
1. From the
Port Mirroring
page, click
Configure Source
to display the
Source Configuration
dialog box.
2. Configure the fields shown in the table below.
Multiple Port Mirroring – Source Configuration Fields
Field
Description
Session ID
Specifies the monitoring session.
Type
The type of interface to use as the source:
•
None
The source is not configured.
•
Remote VLAN
The VLAN configured as the RSPAN VLAN is the source. In an RSPAN configuration,
the remote VLAN is the source on the destination device that has a physical port connected to the
network traffic analyzer.
•
VLAN
Traffic to and from a configured VLAN is mirrored; that is, all packets sent and received on
all physical ports that are members of the VLAN are mirrored.
•
Interface
Traffic is mirrored from one or more physical ports on the device.
Remote VLAN
The VLAN that is configured as the RSPAN VLAN.
VLAN ID
The VLAN to use as the source. Traffic from all physical ports that are members of this VLAN is
mirrored. This field is available only when the selected
Type
is
VLAN
.
Available Source Port(s)
The physical port or ports to use as the source. Press and hold CTRL to select multiple ports. This field
is available only when the selected
Type
is
Interface
.
Direction
Select the type traffic monitored on the source port, which can be one of the following:
•
Tx/Rx
Monitors transmitted and received packets.
•
Rx
Monitors received packets only.
•
Tx
Monitors transmitted packets only.
3. Click
Add
to apply the changes to the system.
The new port mirroring session is enabled for the unit and port, and the device is updated. The source
port appears in the
Source Port
list on the
Multiple Port Mirroring
page.
To retain the changes across the switch’s next power cycle, click
System
>
Configuration Storage
>
Save
.
