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Configuring SPAN and RSPAN
Information About SPAN and RSPAN
Figure 70
Example of RSPAN Configuration
SPAN Sessions
SPAN sessions (local or remote) allow you to monitor traffic on one or more ports, or one or more VLANs, and send the
monitored traffic to one or more destination ports.
A local SPAN session is an association of a destination port with source ports or source VLANs, all on a single network
device. Local SPAN does not have separate source and destination sessions. Local SPAN sessions gather a set of ingress
and egress packets specified by the user and form them into a stream of SPAN data, which is directed to the destination
port.
RSPAN consists of at least one RSPAN source session, an RSPAN VLAN, and at least one RSPAN destination session.
You separately configure RSPAN source sessions and RSPAN destination sessions on different network devices. To
configure an RSPAN source session on a device, you associate a set of source ports or source VLANs with an RSPAN
VLAN. The output of this session is the stream of SPAN packets that are sent to the RSPAN VLAN. To configure an RSPAN
destination session on another device, you associate the destination port with the RSPAN VLAN. The destination session
collects all RSPAN VLAN traffic and sends it out the RSPAN destination port.
An RSPAN source session is very similar to a local SPAN session, except for where the packet stream is directed. In an
RSPAN source session, SPAN packets are relabeled with the RSPAN VLAN ID and directed over normal trunk ports to the
destination switch.
An RSPAN destination session takes all packets received on the RSPAN VLAN, strips off the VLAN tagging, and presents
them on the destination port. Its purpose is to present a copy of all RSPAN VLAN packets (except Layer 2 control packets)
to the user for analysis.
RSPAN
VLAN
RSPAN
source ports
RSPAN
source ports
RSPAN
destination ports
RSPAN
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session B
Intermediate switches
must support RSPAN VLAN
Switch B
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Switch C
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Summary of Contents for IE 4000
Page 12: ...8 Configuration Overview Default Settings After Initial Switch Configuration ...
Page 52: ...48 Configuring Interfaces Monitoring and Maintaining the Interfaces ...
Page 108: ...104 Configuring Switch Clusters Additional References ...
Page 128: ...124 Performing Switch Administration Additional References ...
Page 130: ...126 Configuring PTP ...
Page 140: ...136 Configuring CIP Additional References ...
Page 146: ...142 Configuring SDM Templates Configuration Examples for Configuring SDM Templates ...
Page 192: ...188 Configuring Switch Based Authentication Additional References ...
Page 244: ...240 Configuring IEEE 802 1x Port Based Authentication Additional References ...
Page 298: ...294 Configuring VLANs Additional References ...
Page 336: ...332 Configuring STP Additional References ...
Page 408: ...404 Configuring DHCP Additional References ...
Page 450: ...446 Configuring IGMP Snooping and MVR Additional References ...
Page 490: ...486 Configuring SPAN and RSPAN Additional References ...
Page 502: ...498 Configuring Layer 2 NAT ...
Page 770: ...766 Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping Related Documents ...
Page 930: ...926 Configuring IP Unicast Routing Related Documents ...
Page 976: ...972 Configuring Cisco IOS IP SLAs Operations Additional References ...
Page 978: ...974 Dying Gasp ...
Page 990: ...986 Configuring Enhanced Object Tracking Monitoring Enhanced Object Tracking ...
Page 994: ...990 Configuring MODBUS TCP Displaying MODBUS TCP Information ...
Page 996: ...992 Ethernet CFM ...
Page 1066: ...1062 Using an SD Card SD Card Alarms ...