Mirror service

Overview

The XML API implementation of service mirroring provides mirroring of service traffic packets from any service type. In a mirror service, packets from one or more sources are forwarded to their normal destinations. A copy of the entire packet or a specified portion of the packet, is sent to the mirror destination. The mirrored packet can be viewed using a packet-decoding device. The device is attached to the destination port. For a local mirror service, the source site and the destination site are on the same device. For a remote mirror service, the source site and the destination site are on different devices and the mirrored packets are transported unidirectionally through the core network using IP or MPLS tunneling.

Figure 19-13: Remote service mirroring

See the “Mirror services” chapter of the NSP NFM-P Classic Management User Guide for information about implementing a mirror service.