Configuring An Ethernet Destination Port - Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Configuration Manual
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Configuring an Ethernet Destination Port
Configuring an Ethernet Destination Port
You can configure an Ethernet interface as a SPAN destination port.
Note
The SPAN destination port can only be a physical port on the switch.
Procedure
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The following example shows how to configure an Ethernet SPAN destination port (HIF):
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet100/1/24
switch(config-if)# switchport monitor
switch(config-if)# exit
switch(config)# monitor session 1
switch(config-monitor)# destination interface ethernet100/1/24
switch(config-monitor)#
The following example shows how to configure a virtual ethernet (VETH) SPAN destination port:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface vethernet10
switch(config-if)# switchport monitor
switch(config-if)# exit
switch(config)# monitor session 2
switch(config-monitor)# destination interface vethernet10
switch(config-monitor)#
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Command or Action
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet
slot/port
switch(config-if)# switchport
monitor
switch(config-if)# exit
switch(config)# monitor session
session-number
switch(config-monitor)#
destination interface ethernet
slot/port
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Enters interface configuration mode for the Ethernet
interface with the specified slot and port.
To enable the switchport monitor command on
Note
virtual ethernet ports, you can use the interface
vethernet slot/port command.
Enters monitor mode for the specified Ethernet interface.
Priority flow control is disabled when the port is configured
as a SPAN destination.
Reverts to global configuration mode.
Enters monitor configuration mode for the specified SPAN
session.
Configures the Ethernet SPAN destination port.
To enable the virtual ethernet port as destination
Note
interface in the monitor configuration, you can use
the destination interface vethernet slot/port
command.
Configuring SPAN
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