Chapter 1 7 Configuring Span; Finding Feature Information; About Span - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring SPAN
This chapter describes how to configure an Ethernet switched port analyzer (SPAN) to analyze traffic between
ports on Cisco NX-OS devices.
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Finding Feature Information

Your software release might not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest caveats
and feature information, see the Bug Search Tool at
for your software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list
of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the "New and Changed Information" chapter or the
Feature History table in this chapter.

About SPAN

SPAN analyzes all traffic between source ports by directing the SPAN session traffic to a destination port
with an external analyzer attached to it.
Finding Feature Information, page 279
About SPAN, page 279
Licensing Requirements for SPAN, page 285
Prerequisites for SPAN, page 285
Guidelines and Limitations for SPAN, page 285
Default Settings for SPAN, page 292
Configuring SPAN, page 293
Verifying the SPAN Configuration, page 320
Configuration Examples for SPAN, page 321
Related Documents, page 325
Feature History for SPAN, page 325
C H A P T E R
https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/
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and the release notes
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