Microsens MS453490M Management Guide User Manual

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RSPAN Mirroring Commands

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Configuration Guidelines

Take the following steps to configure an RSPAN session:

1.

Use the

vlan

rspan

command to configure a VLAN to use for RSPAN.

(Default VLAN 1 and switch cluster VLAN 4093 are prohibited.)

2.

Use the

rspan source

command to specify the interfaces and the traffic

type (RX, TX or both) to be monitored.

3.

Use the

rspan destination

command to specify the destination port for

the traffic mirrored by an RSPAN session.

4.

Use the

rspan remote vlan

command to specify the VLAN to be used for

an RSPAN session, to specify the switch’s role as a source, intermediate

relay, or destination of the mirrored traffic, and to configure the uplink

ports designated to carry this traffic.

RSPAN Limitations

The following limitations apply to the use of RSPAN on this switch:

RSPAN Ports – Only ports can be configured as an RSPAN source,

destination, or uplink; static and dynamic trunks are not allowed. A

port can only be configured as one type of RSPAN interface – source,

destination, or uplink. Also, note that the source port and destination

port cannot be configured on the same switch.

Local/Remote Mirror – The destination of a local mirror session (created

with the

port monitor

command) cannot be used as the destination for

RSPAN traffic.
Only two mirror sessions are allowed. Both sessions can be allocated to

remote mirroring, unless local mirroring is enabled (which is limited to

a single session).

Spanning Tree – If the spanning tree is disabled, BPDUs will not be

flooded onto the RSPAN VLAN.
MAC address learning is not supported on RSPAN uplink ports when

RSPAN is enabled on the switch. Therefore, even if spanning tree is

enabled after RSPAN has been configured, MAC address learning will

still not be re-started on the RSPAN uplink ports.

IEEE 802.1X – RSPAN and 802.1X are mutually exclusive functions.

When 802.1X is enabled globally, RSPAN uplink ports cannot be

configured, even though RSPAN source and destination ports can still

no rspan session

Deletes a configured RSPAN session

GC

show rspan

Displays the configuration settings for an RSPAN

session

PE

Table 95: RSPAN Commands (Continued)

Command

Function

Mode

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