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Chapter 16 Mirroring
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16.2 RMirror
RMirror lets you redirect data flows that you monitor on a source switch to a
different destination switch, which allows a centralized network analyzer or probe
to capture packets for an entire LAN. Because traffic flows are not directly copied
to monitor port, but reflected on a designed RMirror VLAN. RMirror make distance
remote source switch possible that port-mirroring traffic can be monitored by
different switches supported RMirror feature.
16.2.1 RMirror Overview
RMirror feature supported:
• Remote mirroring of ingress and egress traffic.
• Control packets mirrored.
• Two types of source switch for different requirements.
• CLI, WEB and MIB interface of configuration
• RMirror VLAN traffic priority setup
BeforeyoustartsettingRMirrorVLAN,youshouldknowalltherolesofswitchinthe
network.
•Source switch:
The port traffic mirrored on RMirror VLAN.
• Intermediate switch:
Forwarding traffic from source switch to destination switch. The intermediate
switch can not only be our switch device, other supplier switch device is suitable
for use.
• Destination switch:
Monitor traffic from source switch. The destination switch can not only be our
switch device, other supplier switch device is suitable for use.