Cisco Nexus 3548 - Configuring the Description of a SPAN Session

Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration mode.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Enters monitor configuration mode for the
specified SPAN session.
switch(config) # monitor session
session-number
Step 2
Configures port channel or VLAN sources. For
VLAN sources, the monitored direction is
implicit.
switch(config-monitor) # source {interface
{port-channel} channel-number [rx | tx |
both] | vlan vlan-range}
Step 3
The following example shows how to configure a port channel SPAN source:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# monitor session 2
switch(config-monitor)# source interface port-channel 1 rx
switch(config-monitor)# source interface port-channel 3 tx
switch(config-monitor)# source interface port-channel 5 both
switch(config-monitor)#
The following example shows how to configure a VLAN SPAN source:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# monitor session 2
switch(config-monitor)# source vlan 1
switch(config-monitor)#
Configuring the Description of a SPAN Session
For ease of reference, you can provide a descriptive name for a SPAN session.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration mode.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Enters monitor configuration mode for the
specified SPAN session.
switch(config) # monitor session
session-number
Step 2
Creates a descriptive name for the SPAN
session.
switch(config-monitor) # description
description
Step 3
The following example shows how to configure a SPAN session description:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config) # monitor session 2
switch(config-monitor) # description monitoring ports eth2/2-eth2/4
switch(config-monitor) #
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Configuring SPAN
Configuring the Description of a SPAN Session