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  • 1.  Aruba 6100 CX Port Mirror

    Posted Sep 12, 2023 02:10 PM

    Hi all, we have a Packet capture device connected to our Aruba 6100 Switch.

    And we want to capture all interfaces to be mirror to our packet capture device

    But i am only allow to enable 4 interface port maximum as source instead of VLAN1 or all ports on the Aruba 6100.

    Anyone can help advise?



  • 2.  RE: Aruba 6100 CX Port Mirror

    Posted Sep 13, 2023 08:03 AM

    Use sFlow setup. 

    You have limit of 4 ports for mirror in this platform.

    Best, Gorazd



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  • 3.  RE: Aruba 6100 CX Port Mirror

    Posted Sep 13, 2023 09:11 AM
    Edited by leokev Sep 13, 2023 10:34 AM

    Even though i am using mirror session <id> command which i should be capturing the traffic for those 4 interfaces.

    But i am not able to mirror those traffic to my Packet capture device. I am able to do it on my cisco but for aruba i am not able to.

    As for the sflow,

    My traffic capture device is a Vectra S11 device

    The interface do not have any IP address. As the port is used for capturing traffic.

    So how do i proceed with sflow?




  • 4.  RE: Aruba 6100 CX Port Mirror

    Posted Sep 14, 2023 04:39 AM

    Hi.


    For Vectra S11 sensor the best is to check with the vendor if it can consume sFlow data.

    Best, Gorazd



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    MVP Expert 2023
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  • 5.  RE: Aruba 6100 CX Port Mirror
    Best Answer

    Posted Sep 18, 2023 09:29 AM

    Most north-south traffic, which you probably are interested in, will flow over the uplink ports. Can't you mirror just the uplink ports?

    Also, if you start mirroring traffic from many ports, you will likely see that there is more traffic than the single mirror port can handle, which is another reason to mirror uplink ports.



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