Description (Span - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Reference Manual

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description (SPAN)

To add a description to an Ethernet Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) session for analyzing traffic between
ports, use the description command. To remove the description, use the no form of this command.
Syntax Description description
Defaults
None
Command Modes Monitor configuration (config-monitor)
Supported User Roles network-admin
vdc-admin
Command History Release
4.0(1)
Usage Guidelines This command does not require a license.
Examples This example shows how to add a description to a SPAN session:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# monitor session 3
switch(config-monitor)# description span_session_3
Related Commands Command
monitor session
show monitor session
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description description
no description
Comment or a description of up to 32 characters that is added to a SPAN session.
Modification
This command was introduced.
Description
Places you into the Monitor configuration mode for configuring a SPAN
session.
Displays the specified SPAN or ERSPAN session configuration.
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