Shutting Down Or Activating An Erspan Session - Cisco Nexus 3548 Configuration Manual

Configuring ERSPAN
Step 18

Shutting Down or Activating an ERSPAN Session

You can shut down ERSPAN sessions to discontinue the copying of packets from sources to destinations.
Because only a specific number of ERSPAN sessions can be running simultaneously, you can shut down a
session to free hardware resources to enable another session. By default, ERSPAN sessions are created in the
shut state.
You can enable ERSPAN sessions to activate the copying of packets from sources to destinations. To enable
an ERSPAN session that is already enabled but operationally down, you must first shut it down and then
enable it. You can shut down and enable the ERSPAN session states with either a global or monitor
configuration mode command.
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Command or Action
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch(config-erspan-src)# copy
running-config startup-config
Command or Action
configuration terminal
Example:
switch# configuration terminal
switch(config)#
monitor session {session-range | all} shut
Example:
switch(config)# monitor session 3
shut
Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
Shutting Down or Activating an ERSPAN Session
Purpose
(Optional)
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Shuts down the specified ERSPAN sessions. The
session range is from . By default, sessions are
created in the shut state.
Note • In Cisco Nexus 5000 and 5500
platforms, two sessions can run
simultaneously.
• In Cisco Nexus 5600 and 6000
platforms, 16 sessions can run
simultaneously.
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