Traffic Mirroring Allows you to monitor traffic to detect threats or troubleshoot problems Advantages • Allows you to monitor traffic from the local switch or from multiple remote switches • Eliminates the need for a monitoring port on every switch •...
Remote Traffic Mirroring Allows you to monitor traffic to detect threats or troubleshoot problems from across the network and bring information back to the analyzer. IDS/IPS* Network 3500yl Switch L i n k M o d e U s e o n l y o n e ( T o r M ) f o r e a c h D u a l - P e r s o n a l i t y P o r t L i n k M o d e U s e o n l y o n e ( T o r M ) f o r e a c h D u a l - P e r s o n a l i t y P o r t...
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Guidelines for Using Traffic Mirroring Two types of traffic mirroring: • Local mirroring—source and destination are on the same switch • Remote mirroring—source and destination are on different switches Each switch can be the: • Originator for four mirror sessions, with the destination on either the local switch or another switch •...
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Guidelines for Using Traffic Mirroring Continued For local mirroring, configure exit ports: • Configure multiple mirror sessions to use the same exit port • Load balance mirror sessions across multiple exit ports 1 3 5 7 Core 2 4 6 IDS/IPS...
Overview of Configuration Steps 1. Configure the destination switch for remote traffic mirroring. 2. Configure the source switch. • Define the session number and the destination for the mirror session on the source switch. Local traffic mirroring—port on the same switch –...
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Overview of Configuration Steps 3. For remote traffic mirroring, enable jumbo frames to mirror information fields larger than 1446 bytes (untagged) or (tagged) • On both source and destination switches • Any infrastructure switches in between • The end stations, in this case the IPS/IDS if you know the originating frame was larger than 1522 bytes.
Configuring the Destination Switch 1. For remote traffic mirroring, configure the source and destination of the mirror session on the destination switch ProCurve_dst_switch(config)# mirror endpoint ip <src-ip-add> <src-udp-port> <dst-ip-add> port <port#> Options <src-ip-add> IP address of the VLAN or subnet on which the These settings mirrored traffic enters or leaves the source must match the...
Configuring the Source Switch Remote traffic mirroring 2. Configure the source switch — For remote traffic mirroring, identify the mirror session, the source, and the destination. ProCurve_source_switch(config)# mirror <1-4> [name <name>] remote ip <src-ip-add> <src-udp-port> <dst-ip-add> Replace <1-4> with the number to identify this mirror session. –...
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Configuring the Source Switch Local traffic mirroring • For local traffic mirroring, identify the session and configure the exit port ProCurve_source_switch(config)# mirror <1-4> [name <name>] port <port#> 1 3 5 7 Core 2 4 6 Exit port is port 8. IPS/IDS...
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Configuring the Source Switch Define the originating interface • Define the originating interface as a port, trunk, or mesh port ProCurve_source_switch(config)# interface <port/trunk/mesh> monitor all [in | out | both] mirror <1-4> [mirror <1-4> . . .] Options <port/trunk/mesh> Port, trunk, or mesh [in | out | both] Direction of traffic that you want mirrored: in = traffic entering port...
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Configuring the Source Switch Select the originating interface • Define the originating interface as a VLAN or VLANs ProCurve_source_switch(config)# vlan <vlan-ID> monitor all [in | out | both] mirror <1-4> [mirror <1-4> . . .] Replace <vlan-range> with a VLAN or a range or VLANs. –...
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Using an ACL to Further Select Traffic Optional • To use an ACL to select traffic arriving on an interface, enter: ProCurve_source_switch(config)# interface <port/trunk/mesh> monitor ip access-group <acl_name> in mirror <1-4> [mirror <1-4> . . .] ProCurve_source_switch(config)# vlan <vlan-ID> monitor ip access-group <acl_name>...
Enabling Jumbo Frames 3. For remote traffic mirroring, enable jumbo frames on the source switch, destination switch, and any intervening infrastructure switches For example: ProCurve_Source (config)# vlan 8 jumbo ProCurve_Destination (config)# vlan 8 jumbo ProCurve_Infrastructure (config)# vlan 8 jumbo...
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Traffic Mirroring show Commands View information about mirror sessions configured on the switch ProCurve# show monitor [<1-4>] Port = local mirror session IPv4 = remote mirror Network Monitoring session Sessions Status Type Sources ---------- ------- ----- --------- active port Indicates # of active IPv4 criteria for mirror...
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