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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Chapter 49 Configuring SPAN, RSPAN and the Mini Protocol Analyzer
Configuring SPAN on the Switch
This example shows how to set VLAN 522 as the SPAN source and port 2/1 as the SPAN destination:
Console> (enable)
set span 522 2/1
Destination : Port 2/1
Admin Source : VLAN 522
Oper Source : Port 3/1-2
Direction : transmit/receive
Incoming Packets: disabled
Learning
: enabled
Multicast
: enabled
Filter
: -
Console> (enable)
This example shows how to set VLAN 522 as the SPAN source and port 2/12 as the SPAN destination.
Only the transmit traffic is monitored. The normal incoming packets on the SPAN destination port are
allowed.
Console> (enable)
set span 522 2/12 tx inpkts enable
Destination : Port 2/12
Admin Source : VLAN 522
Oper Source : Port 2/1-2
Direction : transmit
Incoming Packets: enabled
Learning
: enabled
Multicast
: enabled
Filter
: -
Console> (enable)
This example shows how to set port 3/2 as the SPAN source and port 2/2 as the SPAN destination:
Console> (enable)
set span 3/2 2/2 tx create
Destination : Port 2/1
Admin Source : port 3/1
Oper Source : Port 3/1
Direction : transmit/receive
Incoming Packets: disabled
Destination : Port 2/2
Admin Source : port 3/2
Oper Source : Port 3/2
Direction : transmit
Incoming Packets: disabled
Learning
: enabled
Multicast
: enabled
Filter
: -
Console> (enable)
To disable SPAN, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to disable SPAN on the switch:
Console> (enable)
set span disable 2/1
This command will disable your span session.
Do you want to continue (y/n) [n]?
y
Disabled port 2/1 to monitor transmit traffic of VLAN 522
Console> (enable)
Task
Command
Disable SPAN on the switch.
set span disable
[
dest_mod
/
dest_port
|
all
]