3Com WX3000 operation manual Mirroring Configuration, Configuring Local Port Mirroring

Mirroring Configuration

Complete the following tasks to configure mirroring:

Task	Remarks
Configuring Local Port Mirroring	Optional
Configuring Remote Port Mirroring	Optional
Configuring MAC-Based Mirroring	Optional
Configuring VLAN-Based Mirroring	Optional

Configuring Local Port Mirroring

Configuration prerequisites

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The source port is determined and the direction in which the packets are to be mirrored is determined.

The destination port is determined.

Configuration procedure

Follow these steps to configure local port mirroring:

To do…		Use the command…	Remarks
Enter system view		system-view	—
Create a port mirroring group		mirroring-group group-idlocal	Required
	In system	mirroring-group group-id
		mirroring-portmirroring-port-list	Use either approach
	view
		{ both inbound outbound }
Configure the			You can configure multiple
		interface interface-type
			source ports at a time in
source port
		interface-number	system view, or you can
for the port
			configure the source port in
mirroring		mirroring-group group-id
	In port view		specific port view. The
group
		mirroring-port { both inbound	configurations in the two
		outbound }	views have the same effect.
		quit
	In system	mirroring-group group-id
Configure the	view	monitor-portmonitor-port-id	Use either approach
destination		interface interface-type
port for the			The configurations in the two
		interface-number
port mirroring	In port view		views have the same effect.
group		mirroring-group group-id
		monitor-port

When configuring local port mirroring, note that:

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You need to configure the source and destination ports for the local port mirroring to take effect. The source port and the destination port cannot be a member port of an existing mirroring group; besides, the destination port cannot be a member port of an aggregation group or a port enabled with LACP or STP.

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