Status and Statistics
Port and VLAN Mirroring
Cisco 350XG & 550XG Series 10G Stackable Managed Switches
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Only one instance of mirroring is supported system-wide. The analyzer port (or
target port for VLAN mirroring or port mirroring) is the same for all the mirrored
VLANs or ports.
To enable mirroring:
STEP 1
Click
Status and Statistics
>
Port and VLAN Mirroring
.
The following fields are displayed:
•
Destination Port
—Port to which traffic is to be copied; the analyzer port.
•
Source Interface
—Interface, port, or VLAN from which traffic is sent to the
analyzer port.
•
Type
—Type of monitoring: incoming to the port (Rx), outgoing from the port
(Tx), or both.
•
Status
— Displays one of the following values:
-
Active
—Both source and destination interfaces are up and forwarding
traffic.
-
Not Ready
—Either source or destination (or both) are down or not
forwarding traffic for some reason.
STEP 2
Click
Add
to add a port or VLAN to be mirrored.
STEP 3
Enter the parameters:
•
Destination Port
—Select the analyzer port to where packets are copied. A
network analyzer, such as a PC running Wireshark, is connected to this port.
If a port is identified as an analyzer destination port, it remains the analyzer
destination port until all entries are removed.
•
Source Interface
—Select the source port or source VLAN from where
traffic is to be mirrored.
•
Type
—Select whether incoming, outgoing, or both types of traffic are
mirrored to the analyzer port. If
Port
is selected, the options are:
-
Rx Only
—Port mirroring on incoming packets.
-
Tx Only
—Port mirroring on outgoing packets.
-
Tx and Rx
—Port mirroring on both incoming and outgoing packets.
STEP 4
Click
Apply
. Port mirroring is added to the Running Configuration.
