Specifications

Overview of Port Mirroring Configurations on Enterasys Switches
May 04, 2011 Page 4 of 15
Overview of Port Mirroring Configurations on Enterasys Switches
Oneormoresourceportscanbemirroredlocallytoanotherphysicalportwithinthesame
Enterasysswitchingmodule.Physicalportscanalsobemirroredtoanother IOMport(ina
modularchassis),ortoanotherswitchinastack.Inaddition,virtualportsandothertypesofport
configurationscan
alsoparticipateinmirroringonEnterasysswitchingdevicesasdescribedinthe
followingsections:
• LAGMirrors(page4)
• IDSMirrors(page5)
• VLANMirrors(page6)
LAG Mirrors
EachN‐Series,S‐Series,andK‐Seriesmoduledesignatesaspecific numberofvirtuallink
aggregationportswhichtheLinkAggregationControlProtocol(LACP)canusetodynamically
groupmultiplephysicalportsintoonelogicallink.Onceunderlyingphysicalports(suchasfe.x.x
orge.x.x)areassociatedwithanaggregator
port,theresultingaggregationisrepresentedasone
LinkAggregationGroup(LAG)withalag.x.xportdesignation.
Device‐specificcapacitiesareasfollows:
•N‐SeriesDFEPlatinum,Diamond,andNSA—48ports designatedintheCLIaslag.0.1
throughlag.0.48.
•N‐SeriesDFEGold—4portsdesignatedintheCLIaslag.0.1through
lag.0.4.
•S‐Series—127LAGssupported,lag.0.1throughlag.0.127
•K‐Series—36LAGssupported,lag.0.1throughlag.0.36
N-Series Diamond and
Platinum
yes yes yes 16 per chassis
64 for N-Standalone
(NSA)
yes yes yes
N-Series Gold no no yes 3 per chassis yes yes no
X-Series no no no unlimited yes yes yes
Stackable and Standalone
fixed switch devices
no no no 1 per stack or
standalone
yes no no
Table 1 Port Mirroring Support on Enterasys Switches (continued)
Switch IDS VLAN LAG Max. Mirrors
Many-to-
One
One-to-
Many
Many-to-
Many
Note: Source and target ports of a one-to-many and a many-to-one mirror cannot overlap.
Note: This function is not supported on X-Series modular devices, or on stackable or standalone
fixed switch devices.