NSX-T Data Center REST API

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PortMirroringProfile (schema)

Mirrors Data from source to destination

Mirrors Data from source to destination

Name Description Type Notes
_create_time Timestamp of resource creation EpochMsTimestamp Readonly
Sortable
_create_user ID of the user who created this resource string Readonly
_last_modified_time Timestamp of last modification EpochMsTimestamp Readonly
Sortable
_last_modified_user ID of the user who last modified this resource string Readonly
_links References related to this resource

The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.
array of ResourceLink Readonly
_protection Indicates protection status of this resource

Protection status is one of the following:
PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed
to modify it.
NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed
to modify it
REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super
user and can modify it, but only when providing
the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true.
UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this
entity.
string Readonly
_revision Generation of this resource config

The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.
int
_schema Schema for this resource string Readonly
_self Link to this resource SelfResourceLink Readonly
_system_owned Indicates system owned resource boolean Readonly
children Subtree for this type within policy tree

Subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements. Note that
this type is applicable to be used in Hierarchical API only.
array of ChildPolicyConfigResource
Children are not allowed for this type
description Description of this resource string Maximum length: 1024
Sortable
destination_group Destination group path

Data from source group will be copied to members of
destination group.
Allowed group member types for each profile type are as follows:
- REMOTE_L3_SPAN - Group of IPSET
- LOGICAL_SPAN - Group of VIFs/ VMs
- LOCAL_UPLINK_SPAN - Group of VIFs
- LOCAL_SPAN - Group of VIFs
- REMOTE_SPAN_SOURCE - Group of Host Transport Nodes
- REMOTE_SPAN_DESTINATION - Group of VIFs
string Required
destination_pnics Destination pNICS

Physical NIC device names which will receive the mirrored packets
This filed is applicable only to port mirroring profiles of type REMOTE_SPAN_SOURCE.
array of string Minimum items: 1
Maximum items: 3
direction Direction

Port mirroring profile direction
string Enum: INGRESS, EGRESS, BIDIRECTIONAL
Default: "BIDIRECTIONAL"
display_name Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI

Defaults to ID if not set
string Maximum length: 255
Sortable
encapsulation_type Mirror Destination encapsulation type

User can provide Mirror Destination type e.g GRE, ERSPAN_TWO or ERSPAN_THREE.If profile type is REMOTE_L3_SPAN, encapsulation type is used else ignored.
string Enum: GRE, ERSPAN_TWO, ERSPAN_THREE
Default: "GRE"
encapsulation_vlan_id Encapsulation VLAN ID

VLAN ID used to encapsulate the mirror packets.
This field is applicable for port mirroring profiles of type
REMOTE_SPAN_SOURCE.
VlanID
erspan_id ERSPAN session id

Used by physical switch for the mirror traffic forwarding.
Must be provided and only effective when encapsulation type is
ERSPAN type II or type III. If profile type is REMOTE_L3_SPAN,
ERSPAN session id is used else ignored.
int Minimum: 0
Maximum: 1023
Default: "0"
filter_action Action to include or exclude traffic for all filters in port_mirroring_filters.

If set to INCLUDE, packets matching all filters will be mirrored.
If set to EXCLUDE, packets NOT matching any filters will be mirrored.
string Enum: INCLUDE, EXCLUDE
Default: "INCLUDE"
gre_key GRE encapsulation key

User-configurable 32-bit key only for GRE. If profile type is REMOTE_L3_SPAN, GRE encapsulation key is used else ignored.
int Minimum: 0
Maximum: 2147483647
Default: "0"
id Unique identifier of this resource string Sortable
marked_for_delete Indicates whether the intent object is marked for deletion

Intent objects are not directly deleted from the system when a delete
is invoked on them. They are marked for deletion and only when all the
realized entities for that intent object get deleted, the intent object
is deleted. Objects that are marked for deletion are not returned in
GET call. One can use the search API to get these objects.
boolean Readonly
Default: "False"
origin_site_id A unique identifier assigned by the system for knowing which site owns an object

This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing which site owns an object.
This is used in NSX+.
string Readonly
overridden Indicates whether this object is the overridden intent object

Global intent objects cannot be modified locally by the user.
However, certain global intent objects can be overridden locally by use
of this property. In such cases, the overridden local values take
precedence over the globally defined values for the properties.
boolean Readonly
Default: "False"
owner_id A unique identifier assigned by the system for the ownership of an object

This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing who owns this object.
This is used in NSX+.
string Readonly
parent_path Path of its parent

Path of its parent
string Readonly
path Absolute path of this object

Absolute path of this object
string Readonly
port_mirroring_filters Port mirroring filter

An array of 5-tuples used to filter packets for the mirror session. If not provided, all the packets will be mirrored. This field is with filter_action which defines whether packets matching the filter will be included or excluded. This field is not applicable for port mirroring profiles of type REMOTE_SPAN_DESTINATION.
array of PortMirrorFilter Minimum items: 0
Maximum items: 1
preserve_original_vlan Preserve original VLAN ID

Indicates whether the original VLAN ID is preserved in the mirrored packets.
This field applies only to port mirroring profiles of type REMOTE_SPAN_SOURCE.
boolean
profile_type Allows user to select type of port mirroring session. string Enum: REMOTE_L3_SPAN, LOGICAL_SPAN, LOCAL_UPLINK_SPAN, LOCAL_SPAN, REMOTE_SPAN_SOURCE, REMOTE_SPAN_DESTINATION
Default: "REMOTE_L3_SPAN"
realization_id A unique identifier assigned by the system for realizing intent

This is a UUID generated by the system for realizing the entity object.
In most cases this should be same as 'unique_id' of the entity. However,
in some cases this can be different because of entities have migrated their
unique identifier to NSX Policy intent objects later in the timeline and did
not use unique_id for realization. Realization id is helpful for users to
debug data path to correlate the configuration with corresponding intent.
string Readonly
relative_path Relative path of this object

Path relative from its parent
string Readonly
remote_path Path of the object on the remote end.

This path is populated only in case of multi-site scenario. Currently it is supported only for LM objects.
When LM is onboarded to multi-site platform like NAPP or GM, remote_path will be set to
the globally unique path across multi-site topology . It is generated based on local site-name and uses /org tree namespace.
Note: It is populated only for LM objects. Not supported on the GM.
string Readonly
resource_type Must be set to the value PortMirroringProfile string
snap_length Maximum packet length for packet truncation

If this property is set, the packet will be truncated to the provided
length. If this property is unset, entire packet will be mirrored.
int Minimum: 60
Maximum: 65535
source_vlan_ids Source VLAN IDs

List of VLAN IDs that will be the source of the mirrored packets.
This field is applicable for port mirroring profiles of type
REMOTE_SPAN_DESTINATION.
array of VlanID Minimum items: 1
Maximum items: 16
tags Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user array of Tag Maximum items: 30
tcp_ip_stack Mirror Destination encapsulation type

User can provide Mirror stack or Default stack to send mirror traffic. If profile type is REMOTE_L3_SPAN, tcp_ip_stack type is used else ignored.
string Enum: Default, Mirror
Default: "Default"
unique_id A unique identifier assigned by the system

This is a UUID generated by the GM/LM to uniquely identify
entities in a federated environment. For entities that are
stretched across multiple sites, the same ID will be used
on all the stretched sites.
string Readonly