Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide v6.4.0 (53-1001769-01, June 2010)

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Port mirroring
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Supported platforms
Port Mirroring is supported only in FC ports. In general, a platform or blade supporting port
mirroring supports both the mirror ports and the mirror connections. Exemptions are listed in
Table 8.
Maximum mirror connections
Table 9 shows the maximum number of mirror connections you can add to a mirror port.
TABLE 8 Port Mirroring platform supportability
Brocade Model Fabric OS v6.2.0 Fabric OS v6.1.1_enc Fabric OS v6.34.0 Fabric OS v6.4.0
Brocade
Encryptiop Switch
Port mirroring is not
supported, but mirror
connections are
supported through
the FC ports
FS8-18 Port mirroring is not
supported, but mirror
connections are
supported through
the FC ports
DCX-4S Supported.
Brocade 8000 Port mirroring is not
supported on either FC
or FCoE ports.
FCOE10-24 Port Mirroring is
not supported on
Europa.
Port mirroring is
supported on
Europa.
FX8-24 Port Mirroring is
supported only on
the FC ports. It is
not supported over
GbE ports/FCIP VE
tunnels
Port mirroring is
supported over
GbE ports/FCIP VE
tunnels
Brocade 7800 Port Mirroring is
supported only on
the FC ports. It is
not supported over
GbE ports/FCIP VE
tunnels
Port mirroring is
supported over
GbE ports/FCIP VE
tunnels
TABLE 9 Maximum number of mirror connections
Model Maximum Number of Mirror Connections
(chassis-wide)
Brocade 300 1
Brocade 4100 3
Brocade 48000 1
Brocade 4900 3