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Chapter 52 Monitoring Network Traffic Using SPAN
Monitoring Traffic Using Fibre Channel Analyzers
Figure 52-5
Fibre Channel Analyzer Usage Without SPAN
This type of connection has the following limitations:
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It requires you to physically insert the FC analyzer between the two network devices.
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It disrupts traffic when the Fibre Channel analyzer is physically connected.
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The analyzer captures data only on the Rx links in both port 1 and port 2. Port 1 captures traffic
exiting interface fc1/1 and port 2 captures ingress traffic into interface fc1/1.
With SPAN
Using SPAN you can capture the same traffic scenario shown in
Figure 52-5
without any traffic
disruption. The Fibre Channel analyzer uses the ingress (Rx) link at port 1 to capture all the frames going
out of the interface fc1/1. It uses the ingress link at port 2 to capture all the ingress traffic on interface
fc1/1.
Using SPAN you can monitor ingress traffic on fc1/1 at SD port fc2/2 and egress traffic on SD port fc2/1.
This traffic is seamlessly captured by the FC analyzer as shown in
Figure 52-6
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