Orion A10E - Configuring Port Mirroring on a Local Port; Default Configurations of Port Mirroring

Orion Networks
A10E/A28E/A28F Configuration Guide
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Interface mirroring function is to copy the interface flow monitored to a monitor interface or
CPU so as to obtain the ingress/egress interface failure or abnormal flow of data to analyze,
discover the root cause and solve them timely.
Prerequisite
N/A
2.6.3 Default configurations of port mirroring
The default configuration of port mirroring is as below.
Function
Default value
Port mirroring status
Disable
Mirror source interface
N/A
Mirror monitoring interface
Port 1
When you configure to mirror packets to the CPU, the monitor port receives no
packets.
2.6.4 Configuring port mirroring on a local port
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There can be multiple source mirroring ports but only one monitor port.
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The ingress/egress mirroring port packet will be copied to the monitor port after
port mirroring takes effect. The monitor port cannot be set to the mirroring port
again.
Configure local port mirroring for the A10E/A28E as below.
Step
Configure
Description
1
Alpha-A28E#config
Enter global configuration mode.
2
Alpha-A28E(config)#mirror monitor-
port port-id
Configure the packet mirror of
port mirroring to CPU or
specified monitor interface.
3
Alpha-A28E(config)#mirror source-
port-list { both port-list | egress
port-list | ingress port-list
[ egress port-list ] }
Configure the mirror source
interface of port mirroring and
designate the mirror rule for port
mirroring.
4
Alpha-A28E(config)#mirror enable
Enable port mirroring.