Table 3: Application of Layer 2 Port Mirroring Types
Configuration
DetailsDescription
Scope of
Mirroring
Point of
Application
Type of
Layer2PortMirroring
Definition
See Configuring
the Global Instance
of Layer 2 Port
Mirroring
If configured, the global port-mirroring
properties implicitly apply to all VPLS
packets received on all ports in the router
(or switch) chassis.
VPLS packets
received on all
ports in the MX
Series router (or
switch) chassis
All ports in the MX
Series router (or
switch) chassis
Global Instance of
Layer 2 Port Mirroring
See Defining a
Named Instance of
Layer 2 Port
Mirroring.
NOTE: The number
of port-mirroring
destinations
supported for an
MX Series router
and for an EX
Series switch is
limited to the
number of Packet
Forwarding
Engines contained
on the DPCs or
FPCs installed in
the router or
switch chassis.
Overrides any port-mirroring properties
configured by the global port-mirroring
instance.
VPLS packets
received on ports
associated with a
specific DPC or
FPC and its Packet
Forwarding
Engines.
Ports grouped at
the FPC level
See “Binding Layer
2 Port Mirroring to
Ports Grouped at
the FPC Level” on
page 30.
Named Instance of
Layer 2 Port Mirroring
Overrides any port-mirroring properties
configured at the FPC level or in the
global port-mirroring instance.
VPLS packets
received on ports
associated with a
specific Packet
ForwardingEngine.
Ports grouped at
the PIC level
See “Binding Layer
2 Port Mirroring to
Ports Grouped at
the PIC Level” on
page 32.
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