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Configuring SPAN and RSPAN
This chapter describes how to configure Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Remote SPAN (RSPAN)
on your Catalyst 2950 or Catalyst2 955 switch .
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, refer to the command
reference for this release.
This chapter consists of these sections:
Understanding SPAN and RSPAN, page 25-1
Configuring SPAN, page 25-7
Configuring RSPAN, page 25-12
Displaying SPAN and RSPAN Status, page 25-17

Understanding SPAN and RSPAN

You can analyze network traffic passing through ports by using SPAN to send a copy of the traffic to
another port on the switch that has been connected to a SwitchProbe device or other Remote Monitoring
(RMON) probe or security device. SPAN mirrors received or sent (or both) traffic on one or more source
ports to a destination port for analysis.
For example, in Figure 25-1, all traffic on port 4 (the source port) is mi rrore d to po rt 8 (t h e de stin ati on
port). A network analyzer on port 8 receives all network traffic from port 4 wi thou t be ing physic all y
attached to port 4.