Mirroring Feature Overview and Configuration Guide

This document describes the mirroring functionality of AlliedWare Plus switches. The switches support two distinct forms of mirroring:

  • Port Mirroring, which is used to send a copy of network packets that are seen on one or more switchports to another switchport on the same switch.
  • Remote-mirroring, which is used to send a copy of network packets that are seen on a port on one device to one or more switchports on a remote switch. The copied packets are forwarded to the remote switch on a special VLAN.

Network engineers and administrators use mirroring to analyze and debug network traffic or diagnose errors on a network. It can be used to mirror either inbound or outbound traffic (or both) on single or multiple interfaces.

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