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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
 
Chapter 66      Configuring SPAN and RSPAN
Configuring SPAN
Configuring SPAN Sources
To configure the source for a SPAN session, perform this task:
This example shows how to configure SPAN session 1 to monitor bidirectional traffic from source 
interface Fast Ethernet 5/1:
Switch(config)# monitor session 1 source interface fastethernet 5/1
This example shows how to configure sources with differing directions within a SPAN session:
Switch(config)# monitor session 1 source interface fa2/3 rx
Switch(config)# monitor session 1 source interface fa2/2 tx
Switch(config)# 
Command Purpose
Switch(config)# [no] monitor session 
{session_number} {source {interface 
interface_list | {vlan vlan_IDs | cpu 
[queue queue_ids] } [rx | tx | both]
Specifies the SPAN session number (1 through 6), 
the source interfaces (FastEthernet or 
GigabitEthernet), VLANs (1 through 4094), 
whether traffic received or sent from the CPU is 
copied to the session destination, and the traffic 
direction to be monitored. 
For session_number, specifies the session number 
identified with this RSPAN session (1 through 6).
For interface-list, specifies the source port to 
monitor. Valid interfaces include physical 
interfaces and port-channel logical interfaces 
(port-channel port-channel-number).
For vlan_IDs, specifies the source VLAN.
For queue_ids, specifies the queue(s) involved.
(Optional) [, | -] Specifies a series or range of 
interfaces. Enter a space after the comma; enter a 
space before and after the hyphen.
(Optional) Specifies the direction of traffic to 
monitor. If you do not specify a traffic direction, 
the source interface sends both transmitted (Tx) 
and received (Rx) traffic. Only received traffic 
can be monitored on additional source ports.
• Rx—Monitor received traffic.
• Tx—Monitor transmitted traffic.
• both—Monitor both received and transmitted 
traffic (bidirectional).
Queues may be identified either by number or by 
name. Queue names may subsume multiple 
numbered queues for convenience.
Use the no keyword to restore the defaults.