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  • 1.  Remote port mirroring from 6400 CX to 5412R AOS switch

    Posted Sep 03, 2025 08:49 AM

    We currently are mirroring all phone system traffic on a particular VLAN from one end of our campus, where our Police Department resides, to our dispatch station on the opposite end of campus, where the PD have a particular recording system setup. We have a successfully done this for years with the AOS style system of 5412ZL2's to the newer 5412R switches. However, we are in the middle of a switch refresh. I have to replace the source traffic switch this year, and replace the receiving switch of the mirror traffic in a latter year. I need to know if a CX switch can properly mirror vlan traffic to a AOS switch

    Current config

    Source Switch:

    class ipv4 "Mirror1Class"
         10 ignore ip 10.22.38.1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255
         15 ignore ip 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 10.22.38.1 0.0.0.0
         20 ignore ip 10.22.39.255 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255
         25 ignore ip 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 10.22.39.255 0.0.0.0
         30 match udp 10.22.38.0 0.0.1.255 gt 1024 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 gt 1024
         35 match udp 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 gt 1024 10.22.38.0 0.0.1.255 gt 1024
         40 match tcp 10.22.38.0 0.0.1.255 range 1718 1720 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255
         45 match tcp 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 10.22.38.0 0.0.1.255 range 1718 1720
       exit
    mirror 1 name "Mirror1" remote ip 10.28.22.36 31901 10.18.11.72
    policy mirror "Mirror1Policy"
         10 class ipv4 "Mirror1Class" action mirror 1
       exit

    vlan 2238
       name "voice"
       tagged A1-A24,B1-B21,C1-C24,D1-D21,Trk2
       no ip address
       qos dscp 101110
       voice
       service-policy "Mirror1Policy" in
       exit

    Destination traffic switch

    mirror endpoint ip 10.28.22.36 31901 10.18.11.72 port A1



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  • 2.  RE: Remote port mirroring from 6400 CX to 5412R AOS switch

    Posted Sep 03, 2025 09:02 AM
    Edited by thomasbnc Sep 03, 2025 09:26 AM

    Hi

    Edit: 

    Maybe this video here helps to understand the capabilities of AOS-CX:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Mj0-uLHU8

    I noticed that AOS-S switches seem to use UDP encapsulation for remote mirror setups whereas AOS-CX switches uses GRE tunnels. So, this may not be compatible. Personally, I never tested your exact case, however, ERSPAN with GRE tunnels works quite well and may be a solution for you but a different one. 

     

    Regards,

    Thomas

     






  • 3.  RE: Remote port mirroring from 6400 CX to 5412R AOS switch

    Posted Sep 04, 2025 03:06 PM

    Yes, when I try to configure a mirror endpoint at the destination switch, which is a 5412R chassis switch, running AOS, it does ask for a UDP encapsulation port. 

    It seems incredibly short sighted for the CX platform to not support a UDP tunnel. It's almost as if they only want this to work on a CX to CX basis.

    If there's something I'm missing, I really could use an assist here.

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