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Figure 64 Local port mirroring implementation 
 
 
As shown in Figure 64, packets of the mirroring port are mirrored to the monitor port for the data 
monitoring device to analyze.  
Layer 2 remote port mirroring  
Layer 2 remote port mirroring is implemented through the cooperation between a remote source mirroring 
group and a remote destination mirroring group as shown in Figure 65. 
Figure 65 Layer 2 remote port mirrori
ng implementation 
 
 
On the network shown in Figure 65, a remote source mirroring group is created on the source device and 
a remote destination mirroring group is created on the destination device. The source device copies the 
packets passing through the mirroring ports/CPUs, broadcasts the packets in the remote probe VLAN for 
remote mirroring through the egress port, and transmits the packets to the destination device via the 
intermediate device. When receiving these mirrored packets, the destination device compares their VLAN 
IDs to the ID of the remote probe VLAN configured in the remote destination mirroring group. If the VLAN 
IDs of these mirrored packets match the remote probe VLAN ID, the device forwards them to the data 
monitoring device through the monitor port. In this way, the data monitoring device connected to the 
monitor port on the destination device can monitor and analyze packets passing through the mirroring 
ports/CPUs on the source device.