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.
