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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/_include/interface-mirror.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst | 15 |
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diff --git a/docs/_include/interface-mirror.txt b/docs/_include/interface-mirror.txt index f2b340fe..66d63248 100644 --- a/docs/_include/interface-mirror.txt +++ b/docs/_include/interface-mirror.txt @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ SPAN port mirroring can copy the inbound/outbound traffic of the interface to the specified interface, usually the interface can be connected to some special equipment, such as behavior control system, intrusion detection system and -traffic collector, and can copy all related traffic from this port +traffic collector, and can copy all related traffic from this port. +The benefit of mirroring the traffic is that the application is isolated from +the source traffic and so application processing does not affect the traffic +or the system performance. VyOS uses the `mirror` option to configure port mirroring. The configuration is divided into 2 different directions. Destination ports should be configured diff --git a/docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst b/docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst index cdf85576..ade72c98 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst +++ b/docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst @@ -53,21 +53,6 @@ Ethernet options VyOS default will be `auto`. -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces ethernet <interface> mirror <interface> - - Use this command to mirror the inbound traffic from one Ethernet interface to - another interface. This feature is typically used to provide a copy of traffic - inbound on one interface to a system running a monitoring or IPS application - on another interface. The benefit of mirroring the traffic is that the - application is isolated from the source traffic and so application processing - does not affect the traffic or the system performance. - - Example: - - .. code-block:: none - - set interfaces ethernet eth0 mirror eth1 - Offloading ---------- |