Configuring The Monitor Port For The Local Mirroring Group - HP 5500 EI Series Configuration Manual

Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Configure source ports.
Configuring a source port in interface view
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter interface view.
3. Configure the current
port as a source port.

Configuring the monitor port for the local mirroring group

You can configure the monitor port for a mirroring group in system view, or assign the current port to a
mirroring group as the monitor port in interface view. The two methods lead to the same result.
Configuration restrictions and guidelines
A mirroring group contains only one monitor port.
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To make sure that the mirroring function works properly, do not assign the monitor port to a source
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VLAN, or enable the spanning tree feature on the monitor port.
HP recommends you use a monitor port for port mirroring only. This is to make sure that the data
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monitoring device receives and analyzes only the mirrored traffic rather than a mix of mirrored
traffic and normally forwarded traffic.
You cannot configure the monitor port in a mirroring group as a port in a RRPP ring.
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Configuring the monitor port in system view
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Configure the monitor
port.
Configuring the monitor port in interface view
Command
system-view
mirroring-group group-id
mirroring-port mirroring-port-list
{ both | inbound | outbound }
Command
system-view
interface interface-type
interface-number
[ mirroring-group group-id ]
mirroring-port { both | inbound |
outbound }
Command
system-view
mirroring-group group-id
monitor-port monitor-port-id
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Remarks
N/A
By default, no source port is configured
for a local mirroring group.
Remarks
N/A
N/A
By default, a port does not serve as a
source port for any local mirroring group.
Remarks
N/A
By default, no monitor port is configured
for a local mirroring group.