Monitoring Network Traffic Using SPAN

This chapter describes the Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) features provided in switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Information About SPAN
• Guidelines and Limitations
• Default SPAN and RSPAN Settings
• Configuring SPAN
• Configuring the Source Switch
• Configuring All Intermediate Switches
• Configuration Examples for RSPAN
• Field Descriptions for SPAN

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