Information About Span - Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring SPAN
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Information About SPAN

The Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) feature (sometimes called port mirroring or port monitoring) selects
network traffic for analysis by a network analyzer. The network analyzer can be a Cisco SwitchProbe, a Fibre
Channel Analyzer, or other Remote Monitoring (RMON) probes.
Information About SPAN, page 169
SPAN Sources, page 170
Characteristics of Source Ports, page 170
SPAN Destinations, page 171
Characteristics of Destination Ports, page 171
Guidelines and Limitations for SPAN, page 171
Creating or Deleting a SPAN Session, page 172
Configuring an Ethernet Destination Port, page 172
Configuring MTU Truncation for Each SPAN Session, page 173
Configuring the Rate Limit for SPAN Traffic, page 174
Configuring Fibre Channel Destination Port, page 174
Configuring Source Ports, page 175
Configuring Source Port Channels, VSANs, or VLANs, page 176
Configuring the Description of a SPAN Session, page 177
Activating a SPAN Session, page 177
Suspending a SPAN Session, page 178
Displaying SPAN Information, page 178
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