Supermicro SSE-F3548S/SSE-F3548SR Configuration User’s Guide
10 Port Mirroring
Supermicro switches support Port Mirroring function. Users can configure the Port mirroring session(s) to
provide a method to monitor networking traffic flow on another port.
Port mirroring feature allow user to configure up to 4 independent sessions. Each session will have one
destination port and as many source ports as available in the Switch. Networking traffic flowing in any
direction for the source ports(s), being transmit only, receive only or both transmit and receive, will be
monitored, or mirroring at the destination port.
10.1 Port Mirroring Defaults
10.2 Configure Port Mirroring in CLI
Enters the configuration mode
Monitor session <session number: 1-4>
destination interface <interface-type> <interface-
id>
Configure Port Mirroring.
session_number – 1, indicates only one
session is supported.
Destination – Monitoring Port.
interface-type –
following:
fx-ethernet – fx
cx-ethernet – cx
interface-id –is in slot/port format for
all physical interfaces.
NOTE: Source
and Destination port
cannot be same.
Monitor session <session number: 1-4>source
interface <interface-type> <interface-id> {rx } tx |
both}
Configure Port Mirroring.
session_number – 1, indicates only one
session is supported.