mirror-create
This command is used to create mirror ports and flows. Network engineers or administrators use port mirroring to analyze and debug data or diagnose errors on a network. It helps administrators keep a close eye on network performance and alerts them when problems occur. It can be used to mirror either inbound or outbound traffic (or both) on single or multiple interfaces.
Syntax mirror-create
name name-string |
Specify a name for the mirror configuration. |
direction ingress|egress| |
Specify a direction for the mirrored traffic. |
out-port port-list |
Specify the port for outgoing traffic. |
out-trunk trunk name |
Specify the name of the outgoing trunk configuration. |
in-port port-list |
Specify the port for incoming traffic. Supported ports are 1-64 on the F64 platform. The parameter, all, is not supported. |
filtering port| |
Specify the filter type for the configuration. |
enable|disable |
Enable or disable the configuration. |
other-egress-out allow|prevent |
Specify if other outgoing traffic is allowed or prevented. The default value is prevent. |
span-encap none|over-ip|over-vlan |
Specify the mirror span type. The default type is none. |
span-local-ip ip-address |
Specify the local IPv4 address for the mirror span. |
span-remote-ip ip-address |
Specify the remote IPv4 address fpr the mirror span. |
span-src-mac mac-address |
Specify the source MAC address for the mirror span. |
span-dst-mac mac-address |
Specify the destination MAC address for the mirror span. |
span-tagging-vlan vlan-id |
Specify the mirror span VLAN tagging ID. The default value is none. |
span-tos integer |
Specify the mirror span ToS from 0 to 255. The default value is 0. |
nvie-mirror|no-nvie-mirror |
Specify to mark this mirroring as an NVIE mirror and mirror traffic to NVIE VM. |
Defaults None
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History
Version 2.2 |
Command introduced. |
Version 2.4 |
The parameter, span-, introduced. |
Version 2.6.2 |
The parameter, nvie-mirror, added. |
Usage Use this command to create mirrored traffic or ports for analyzing traffic.
Examples To create a mirror configuration, mirror-port, with the direction egress, port 73, inbound port 33, filtering by port, and allow other egress traffic, use the following syntax:
CLI network-admin@switch > mirror-create name mirror-port direction egress out-port 73 in-port 33 enable other-egress-out allow