Mirroring Configuration on a Traditional Stack

You can configure mirroring on a RUCKUS traditional stack. A traditional stack consists of up to twelve FastIron devices of the same type. The stack operates as a chassis. The following examples show how to configure mirroring for ports that are on different members of a stack, and for ports that are on the same stack member as the mirror port.

Configuration Notes for Traditional Stack Mirroring

The following mirroring configuration information applies to FastIron devices connected in a traditional stack topology:

  • The input or output mirroring port can be on different ports.
  • All FastIron devices can have one mirroring port that monitors multiple ports, but cannot have multiple mirror ports for one monitored port.
  • If the mirror port and the monitored ports are on different stack units, only one active mirror port is allowed for the entire traditional stack.
  • If the mirror port and the monitored ports are on the same port region, multiple active mirror ports are allowed for the entire traditional stack. Devices in a traditional stack support 24 ports per port region.
  • The maximum number of monitored VLANs on a traditional stack is 256.

Configuring Mirroring for Ports on Different Members in a Traditional Stack Example

In this example, although two ports are configured as active ports, only one active mirror port (port 1/1/24) is allowed for the entire stack because the mirror ports and the monitored ports are on different stack members. 

device(config)# mirror-port ethernet 1/1/24
device(config)# mirror-port ethernet 2/1/24
device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/1)# monitor ethernet 1/1/24 both
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/1)# exit
device(config)# interface ethernet 2/1/1
device(config-if-e1000-2/1/1)# monitor ethernet 1/1/24 both
device(config-if-e1000-2/1/1)# exit
device(config)# interface ethernet 4/1/1
device(config-if-e1000-4/1/1)# monitor ethernet 1/1/24 both

Configuring Mirroring for Ports on the Same Stack Member in a Traditional Stack Example

In this example, the mirror ports are assigned to different monitor ports. 

device(config)# mirror-port ethernet 1/1/24
device(config)# mirror-port ethernet 2/1/24
device(config)# mirror-port ethernet 3/1/24
device(config)# mirror-port ethernet 4/1/24
device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/1)# monitor ethernet 1/1/24 both
device(config)# exit
device(config)# interface ethernet 2/1/1
device(config-if-e1000-2/1/1)# monitor ethernet 2/1/24 both
device(config)# exit
device(config)# interface ethernet 4/1/1
device(config-if-e1000-4/1/1)# monitor ethernet 4/1/24 both
Parent topic: Port Mirroring and Monitoring