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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference
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Chapter System Management Commands
switchport mode monitor buffer-limit
switchport mode monitor buffer-limit
To configure the SPAN buffer limit on a monitor port, use the switchport mode monitor buffer-limit
command. To remove the configuration and restore the default, use the no form of this command.
switchport mode monitor buffer-limit limit [bytes | kbytes | mbytes | packets]
no switchport mode monitor buffer-limit limit [bytes | kbytes | mbytes | packets]
Syntax Description
Command Default SPAN buffer limit default 200 packets.
Command Modes Interface configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines This command can be configured on any physical interface.
When configuring a high SPAN buffer limit, it may affect regular data plane traffic as they both use the
same memory pool.
This command does not require a license.
Examples This example shows how to configure the SPAN buffer limit to 100 bytes:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/15
switch(config-if)# switchport monitor
switch(config-if)# switchport mode monitor buffer-limit 100 bytes
switch(config-if)#
Related Commands
limit Maximum limit.
bytes Specifies that the limit value is in bytes. The range is from 1 to 36000.
kbytes Specifies that the limit value is in kbytes. The range is from 1 to 7312.
mbytes Specifies that the limit value is in mbytes. The range is from 1 to 7.
packets Specifies that the limit value is in packets. The range is from 1 to 36000
Release Modification
5.0(3)U5(1) This command was introduced.
Command Description
show interface
ethernet
Displays information about a specified Ethernet interface.
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