Administrator Guide

558 Monitoring Switch Traffic
Configuring RSPAN (Transit Switch)
Configuring RSPAN (Destination Switch)
monitor session
session_number mode
Enable the administrative mode for the configured port
mirroring session to start sending the traffic from the
source port to the destination (probe) port.
exit Exit to Privileged EXEC mode.
Command Purpose
configure Enter Global Configuration mode.
vlan
vlan-id Create an RSPAN VLAN.
remote-span Configure the VLAN as a spanning VLAN.
exit Exit to Global Configuration mode.
interface range te1/0/1-2 Configure the span interfaces.
switchport mode trunk Configure the interface to be in trunking mode.
switch trunk allowed
vlan
vlan-id
Restrict the trunk to the spanning VLAN (optional).
exit Exit to Global Configuration mode.
Command Purpose
configure Enter Global Configuration mode.
vlan
vlan-id Create an RSPAN VLAN.
remote-span Configure the VLAN as a spanning VLAN.
exit Exit to Global Configuration mode
monitor session
session_id source remote
vlan
vlan_id
Configure a source RSPAN VLAN on the destination
switch.
monitor session
session_id destination
interface interface
Configure the destination port on the RSPAN destination
switch.
Command Purpose