Establishing The Configuration Task; Configuring A Remote Observing Port - Huawei Quidway S9300 Configuration Manual

Quidway S9300 Terabit Routing Switch
Configuration Guide - Device Management

6.4.1 Establishing the Configuration Task

Applicable Environment
To analyze or monitor the packets passing through an interface on the S9300, you can configure
remote port mirroring when a monitoring device is connected to an observing port over a Layer
2 or Layer 3 network.
Pre-configuration Tasks
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Data Preparation
To configure remote port mirroring, you need the following data.
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6.4.2 Configuring a Remote Observing Port

Context
You can use remote port mirroring in the following modes:
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Do as follows on the S9300 where remote port mirroring needs to be configured.
Procedure
Step 1 Run:
system-view
The system view is displayed.
Step 2 Run the following command as required.
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Issue 03 (2011-12-29)
For layer 3 port mirroring: ensuring that routes are reachable on the network
For layer 2 port mirroring: ensuring connectivity of the Layer 2 network
Data
Type and number of the observing port
Mirrored port
Direction to which packets are mirrored
IP mode
In IP mode, the S9300 adds a GRE header to the packets to be mirrored so that the packets
can reach the remote monitoring device across a Layer 3 network. The destination IP
address of the remote monitoring device is specified by dest-ip-address.
VLAN mode
In VLAN mode, the S9300 adds a specified VLAN tag to the packets to be mirrored so that
the packets can reach the remote monitoring device across a Layer 2 network.
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