Cisco Nexus 5600 Series - Configuring a SPAN-On-Latency Session

Configuring a SPAN-on-Latency Session
You can configure a maximum transmission unit (MTU) size for the SPAN traffic to reduce the amount of
fabric or network bandwidth used in sending SPAN packets.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password
if prompted.
enable
Example:
switch> enable
Step 1
Enters global configuration mode.configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 2
Enters interface configuration mode.
interface ethernet slot/port
Example:
switch(config)# interface ethernet
1/1
Step 3
Configures the latency threshold value on an interface.
Valid values are from 8 to 536870904 nano seconds.
packet latency threshold threshold
Example:
switch(config-if)# packet latency
threshold 53000000
Step 4
Defines a SPAN source session using the session ID
and the session type, and places the command in
SPAN monitor source session configuration mode.
monitor session session_number type
span-on-latency
Example:
switch(config)# monitor session 1
Step 5
The session_number argument range is from 1 to
1024. The same session number cannot be used more
than once.
type span-on-latency
switch(config-span-on-latency)#
The session ID (configured by the span_session
number argument) and the session type (configured
by the span-on-latency keyword) cannot be changed
once entered. To change session ID or session type,
use the no version of the command to remove the
session and then re-create the session through the
command with a new session ID or a new session
type.
Adds a description to the session configuration.
description description
Example:
switch(config-span-on-latency)#
description SPAN-on-Latency-session
Step 6
Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
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Configuring SPAN
Configuring a SPAN-on-Latency Session