Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Traffic Mirroring

Use the following show commands to display information about:

A classifier-based mirroring configuration (show class and show policy)

Statistics on one or more mirroring policies (show statistics policy)

Hardware resources used by all mirroring policies currently configured on the switch (show policy resources).

Syntax: show class < class-name>

Displays the configuration of the specified traffic class, including all match/ignore statements used to classify the packets to be mirrored.

ProCurve(config)# show class ipv4 AdminTraffic

Statements for Class ipv4 "AdminTraffic"

10 match ip 15.29.16.1 0.63.255.255 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255

20 match ip 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 15.29.16.1 0.63.255.255

Figure B-42. “show class” Output for a Mirroring Policy

Syntax: show policy < policy-name>

Displays the specified policy configuration, including the traffic classes and action commands used to mirror inbound traffic to previously configured destination devices.

ProCurve(config)# show policy MirrorAdminTraffic

Statements for Policy "MirrorAdminTraffic"

10 class ipv4 "AdminTraffic" action mirror 3

Figure B-43. “show policy” Output for a Mirroring Policy

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