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Chapter 4
| Interface Configuration
Configuring Remote Port Mirroring
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Configuring Remote Port Mirroring
Use the Interface > RSPAN page to mirror traffic from remote switches for analysis
at a destination port on the local switch. This feature, also called Remote Switched
Port Analyzer (RSPAN), carries traffic generated on the specified source ports for
each session over a user-specified VLAN dedicated to that RSPAN session in all
participating switches. Monitored traffic from one or more sources is copied onto
the RSPAN VLAN through IEEE 802.1Q trunk or hybrid ports that carry it to any
RSPAN destination port monitoring the RSPAN VLAN as shown in the figure below.
Figure 62: Configuring Remote Port Mirroring
Command Usage
Traffic can be mirrored from one or more source ports to a destination port on
the same switch (local port mirroring as described in “Configuring
Local Port Mirroring” on page 137), or from one or more source ports on
remote switches to a destination port on this switch (remote port mirroring as
described in this section).
Configuration Guidelines
Take the following step to configure an RSPAN session:
1. Use the VLAN Static List (see Configuring VLAN Groups” on page 157) to
reserve a VLAN for use by RSPAN (marking the “Remote VLAN” field on this
page. (Default VLAN 1 is prohibited.)
2. Set up the source switch on the RSPAN configuration page by specifying
the mirror session, the switchs role (Source), the RSPAN VLAN, and the
uplink port
1
. Then specify the source port(s), and the traffic type to monitor
(Rx, Tx or Both).
Source Switch
Intermediate SwitchIntermediate Switch
Destination Switch
Source Port Destination PortUplink Port Uplink Port
Uplink Port Uplink Port
Ingress or egress traffic
is mirrored onto the RSPAN
VLAN from here.
Tagged or untagged traffic
from the RSPAN VLAN is
analyzed at this port.
RPSAN VLAN