Creating Span Sessions - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 62 Monitoring Network Traffic Using SPAN
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Close the dialog box.
Step 4
Caution SPAN frames are dropped if the sum of the bandwidth of the source interfaces exceed the bandwidth of
the destination port.
By default, SPAN frames are dropped if the sum of the bandwidth of the source interfaces exceed the
Caution
bandwidth of the destination port. With a higher value, the SPAN traffic has a higher probability of
reaching the SPAN destination port instead of being dropped at the expense of data traffic throughput.
Caution The span drop-threshold can be changed only if no span sessions are currently active on the switch.

Creating SPAN Sessions

To create SPAN sessions using Device Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Interface > SPAN. You see the SPAN dialog box.
Step 2 Click the Sessions tab.
Click Create.
Step 3
You see the Create SPAN Sessions dialog box shown in
Figure 62-5
Choose the session ID (from 1-16) using the up or down arrows and click Create.
Step 4
Repeat Step 4 for each session you want to create.
Step 5
Enter the destination interface in the Dest Interface field for the appropriate session.
Step 6
Enter the filter VSAN list in the Filter VSAN List field for the appropriate session.
Step 7
Choose active or in active admin status in the Admin drop-down list.
Step 8
Step 9 Click Apply to save your changes.
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Create SPAN Sessions Dialog Box
Figure 62-5.
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