ZXR108900SeriesUserManual(BasicCongurationVolume)
ERSPANConfiguration
ERSPANOverview
PortmirroringcanbedividedintoSPAN,RSPANandERSPAN:
�SPANindicatescopyingpacketsononeormoreports(source
port)toamonitoringport(destinationport)ofthisdevicefor
packetmonitoringandanalysis.Heresourceportanddestina-
tionportmustbeononedevice.
�AsforRSPAN,sourceportanddestinationportareunneces-
sarytobeononedeviceandtheycancrossmultiplenetwork
devices.Atpresent,RSPANfunctioncanpassthroughL2net-
workbutfailstopassthroughL3network.Sourceportdevice
supportsportmirroringorVLANmirroring.
�AsforRSPAN,sourceportanddestinationportareunneces-
sarytobeononedeviceandtheycancrossmultiplenetwork
devices.What’smore,itcanpassthroughL3networkandis
anidealremotemirroringmode.Sourceportdevicesupports
portmirroringorVLANmirroring.
FIGURE16ERSPANEXAMPLE
ERSPANimplementsthefollowingfunctions:mirroringoforiginal
trafcandGREencapsulationonsource-portdevice,commonIP
packetforwardingonintermediatedevice,andmirroringondesti-
nation-portdevice.Functionimplementationonintermediatede-
viceisnotillustratedhere.
�Sourcedevice:Oirttrafcorvlantrafccanbeusedassource
trafcofmirroring;mirroredtrafcissenttointermediatede-
vicethroughdesignatedportafterGREencapsulation.
Specifysourceportormirroringsourceonsourcedevice:Con-
guresoureIPanddestinationIPofGREtunnel;congure
ERSPANIDforthismirroring.Additionally,TTL,ippre/dscpof
mirroredpacketandVRFIDcanbespecied.
�Destinationdevice:De-encapsulatemirroredGRE-encapsu-
latedpacketsreceivedondesignatedportandsendthemto
testdevicethroughdesignatedmirrordestinationport.
Specifymirrordestinationportondestinationdevice;congure
destinationIPofGREtunnel;specifycorrespondingERSPANID
forthismirroring.
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