Configuring classifier-based mirroring

For more information and a list of general steps for the process beginning with this command, see the information about restrictions on classifier-based mirroring.

Context: Global configuration

Syntax


[no] class [ipv4 | ipv6 classname]

Defines the name of a traffic class and specifies whether a policy is to be applied to IPv4 or IPv6 packets, where classname is a text string (64 characters maximum.)

After you enter the class command, you enter the class configuration context to specify match criteria. A traffic class contains a series of match and ignore commands, which specify the criteria used to classify packets.

To configure a default traffic class, use the default-class command as described below. A default class manages the packets that do not match the match/ignore criteria in any other classes in a policy.

Context: Class configuration

Syntax


[no] seq-number
 [match | ignore ip-protocol source-address destination-address] [ip-dscp codepoint] [precedence precedence-value] [tos tos-value] [vlan vlan-id]

For detailed information about how to enter match and ignore commands to configure a traffic class, the Advanced Traffic Management Guide.

Context: Global configuration

Syntax


[no] policy mirror policy-name

Defines the name of a mirroring policy and enters the policy configuration context.

A traffic policy consists of one or more classes and one or more mirroring actions configured for each class of traffic. The configured actions are executed on packets that match a match statement in a class. No policy action is performed on packets that match an ignore statement.

Context: Policy configuration

Syntax


[no] seq-number
 class [ipv4 | ipv6 classname] action mirror session

Defines the mirroring action to be applied on a pre-configured IPv4 or IPv6 traffic class when a packet matches the match criteria in the traffic class. You can enter multiple class action mirror statements in a policy.

[seq-number]

The (optional) seq-number parameter sequentially orders the mirroring actions that you enter in a policy configuration. Actions are executed on matching packets in numerical order.Default: Mirroring action statements are numbered in increments of 10, starting at 10.


class [ipv4 | ipv6 classname]

Defines the preconfigured traffic class on which the mirroring actions in the policy are executed and specifies whether the mirroring policy is applied to IPv4 or IPv6 traffic in the class. The classname is a text string (64 characters maximum.)

action mirror session

Configures mirroring for the destination and session specified by the session parameter.

Context: Policy configuration

Syntax


[no] default-class action mirror session [action mirror session ...]

Configures a default class that allows packets that are not matched nor ignored by any of the class configurations in a mirroring policy to be mirrored to the destination configured for the specified session.