Mellanox MLNX-OS User Manual for SX1018HP Ethernet Managed Blade Switch

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Figure 15: Mirroring Session

 To configure a mirroring session:

Step 1. Create a session. Run:

Step 2. Add source interface(s). Run:

Step 3. Add destination interface. Run:

Step 4. (Optional) Set header format. Run:

Step 5. (Optional) Truncate the mirrored traffic to 64-byte packets. Run:

Step 6. (Optional) Set congestion control. Run:

switch (config) # monitor session 1

This command enters a monitor session configuration mode. Upon first implementa-

tion the command also creates the session.

switch (config monitor session 1) # add source interface ethernet 1/1 direction both

switch (config monitor session 1) # destination interface ethernet 1/2

switch (config monitor session 1) # header-format add-ethernet-header destination-mac

00:0d:ec:f1:a9:c8 add-vlan 10 priority 5 traffic-class 2

For remote connectivity use the header formats

add-vlan

add-ethernet-header

. For

local connectivity, use

local

switch (config monitor session 1) # truncate

switch (config monitor session 1) # congestion pause-excessive-frames

The default for this command is to drop excessive frames. The

pause-excessive-

frames

option uses flow control to regulate the traffic from the source interfaces.