remote mirroring port in ring network

[alex-65]

Hello everyone
In a Ring network implemented by switches 6860 release 8.5, can I configure on a switch 6860 A a remote mirroring port to monitor the traffic which is passing through a port of the switch 6860 B installed in another remote site?
In Alcatel switch documentation is declared that to configure a remote mirroring port no one physical loop shall be introduced, is this constrain applicable even in case of ring network configuration?

[silvio]

never tested it with ERP. The reason for "no loop" is, that within the rpmir vlan all traffic will be forwarded without learning mac-addresses.
So I would recommend to create your rpmir vlan at all ERP ports but not at that both ports where the ring is per default blocked. So in case of no ring-error you can use remote mirroring.
best regards
Silvio

[alex-65]

Thank Silvio