Cisco Nexus 5600 Series - Configuring an ERSPAN SPAN-On-Drop Session

PurposeCommand or Action
Configures the VRF instance that the ERSPAN
destination session uses for traffic forwarding.
vrf default
Example:
switch(config-erspan-dst)# vrf default
Step 12
ERSPAN destination sessions support the default
VRF only.
Enables the ERSPAN destination session. By
default, the session is created in the shut state.
Only 16 active ERSPAN destination
sessions can be running simultaneously.
Note
no shut
Example:
switch(config)# no shut
Step 13
(Optional)
Displays the ERSPAN session configuration.
show monitor session {all | session-number
| range session-range}
Example:
switch(config)# show monitor session
3
Step 14
(Optional)
Displays the running ERSPAN configuration.
show running-config monitor
Example:
switch(config-erspan-src)# show
running-config monitor
Step 15
(Optional)
Displays the ERSPAN startup configuration.
show startup-config monitor
Example:
switch(config-erspan-src)# show
startup-config monitor
Step 16
(Optional)
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch(config-erspan-src)# copy
running-config startup-config
Step 17
Configuring an ERSPAN SPAN-on-Drop Session
Use the monitor session command to configure an ERSPAN SPAN-on-Drop session. Each session is identified
by a unique session number.
There can only be one active SPAN-on-Drop or SPAN-on-Drop ERSPAN session at any time.Note
Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
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Configuring ERSPAN
Configuring an ERSPAN SPAN-on-Drop Session