H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches - Manual (Page 158)

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Configuring the monitor port for the remote destination 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 modes lead to the same result.
z Configuring the monitor port in system view
Follow these steps to configure the monitor port for the remote destination mirroring group in system
view:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Configure the monitor port
mirroring-group group-id
monitor-port monitor-port-id
Required
By default, no monitor port is
configured for a mirroring group.
z Configuring the monitor port in interface view
Follow these steps to configure the monitor port for the remote destination mirroring group in interface
view:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
—
Configure the current port as the
monitor port
[ mirroring-group group-id ]
monitor-port
Required
By default, a port does not serve
as the monitor port for any
mirroring group.
z A mirroring group contains only one monitor port.
z To ensure that the port mirroring function works properly, do not enable STP, MSTP, or RSTP on
the monitor port.
z You are recommended to use a monitor port only for port mirroring. This is to ensure that the data
monitoring device receives and analyzes only the mirrored traffic rather than a mix of mirrored
traffic and normally forwarded traffic.
z A port connected to an RRPP ring cannot be configured as the monitor port of a port mirroring
group.
Configuring the remote probe VLAN for the remote destination mirroring group
Follow these steps to configure the remote probe VLAN for the remote destination mirroring group: