Fabric RSPAN (Mirror to I-SID)

Table 1. Fabric RSPAN product support

Feature

Product

Release introduced

Fabric RSPAN (Mirror to I-SID)

5320 Series

Fabric Engine 8.6

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

5720 Series

Fabric Engine 8.7

Remote mirroring is an important functionality that helps in:
  • Intrusion Detection or Intrusion Prevention Systems

  • Network Port debugging and packet capture

  • Mirror and Monitor traffic to central collector or analyzers

  • Mirror and Monitor traffic to distributed collectors or analyzers

With the Fabric RSPAN (Mirror to I-SID) feature, mirrored traffic captured from any switch in the network is sent to a remote switch over an SPB cloud for traffic analysis. With this feature, you can monitor traffic on ports from different switches connected in the network, using just one network analyzer connected to a remote switch which acts as a collector. The source device where the traffic is mirrored to an I-SID, is known as Mirroring BEB (Backbone Edge Bridge), and the remote device where the traffic analyzer is connected for mirrored traffic analysis is known as Monitoring BEB.

The traffic source on the mirroring BEB is supported in the following ways:

Fabric RSPAN (Mirror to I-SID) Restrictions and Requirements