Configuring Span; Information About Span; Guidelines And Limitations For Span - Cisco Nexus 3548 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 or other
Remote Monitoring (RMON) probes.

Guidelines and Limitations for SPAN

SPAN have the following guideline and limitation:
Information About SPAN, on page 133
Guidelines and Limitations for SPAN, on page 133
SPAN Sources, on page 134
Characteristics of Source Ports, on page 134
SPAN Destinations, on page 134
Characteristics of Destination Ports, on page 135
SPAN and ERSPAN Filtering, on page 135
SPAN and ERSPAN Sampling, on page 136
SPAN and ERSPAN Truncation, on page 137
Creating or Deleting a SPAN Session, on page 137
Configuring an Ethernet Destination Port, on page 138
Configuring Source Ports, on page 139
Configuring Source Port Channels or VLANs, on page 140
Configuring the Description of a SPAN Session, on page 140
Activating a SPAN Session, on page 141
Suspending a SPAN Session, on page 141
Configuring a SPAN Filter, on page 142
Configuring SPAN Sampling, on page 143
Configuring SPAN Truncation, on page 144
Displaying SPAN Information, on page 145
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