topic Re: Port mirroring limitation for X440 and X460 Series in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

Port mirroring limitation for X440 and X460 Series

Formia — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:47:40 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to get information about port mirroring limitations in X440-G2 and X460-G2 series switches.

Also, is there differences between models (12, 24, 48 ports)?

Thanks

Andrea

Re: Port mirroring limitation for X440 and X460 Series

Alexandr_P — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:57:30 GMT

Hello!

Main diference between X440 and X460 - egress mirrore instances:

X440 - 1

X460 - 2

Main limitation in picture below:

Also, if you configure one-to-many mirroring (same copies of packets forwading to different porrts) you have to reserve some loopback-port (as mirroring is done in hardware and has no impact on the CPU).

Also VLAN mirroring only for ingress traffic.

Also untagged frames may be seen with 802.1q tags in the mirrored traffic.

Thank you!

Re: Port mirroring limitation for X440 and X460 Series

Formia — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:06:10 GMT

Thanks Alexandr

Therefore in any model I can enable at least one instance of port mirroring “Many to One” ingress + egress.

Right?

Regards

Andrea

Re: Port mirroring limitation for X440 and X460 Series

Tomasz — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 03:24:33 GMT

Hi Andrea,

Please see Limits chapter here: https://documentation.extremenetworks.com/release_notes/ExtremeXOS/30.6/downloads/ExtremeXOS_30.6_RelNotes.pdf

Hope that helps,

Tomasz

Re: Port mirroring limitation for X440 and X460 Series

Formia — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:16:14 GMT

Thanks Tomasz

I will need only one port mirrored in ingress and egress to all other ports.

That means 2 instances (1 ingress + 1 egress) but from all ports.

I did not see any limitation on number of ports that can be mirrored.

Thanks again

Regards

Andrea

Re: Port mirroring limitation for X440 and X460 Series

JP-1 — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:10:13 GMT

Tomaz,

Do you possibly have a link to the same documentation on limits to Port Mirroring for K10 Core Switch’s?

Thanks

Re: Port mirroring limitation for X440 and X460 Series

Stefan_K_ — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 03:18:34 GMT

Hi JP-1,

see S- K- and 7100-Series  Configuration Guide (extremenetworks.com)