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User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0
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Chapter 2 Setting Up The NAM Traffic Analyzer
Traffic
Table 2-3, Active SPAN Sessions Dialog, describes the fields on the SPAN Sessions screen.
Note IOS supports only two SPAN sessions, but each SPAN session can have more than one destination. The
Add Dest. Port 1 and Add Dest. Port 2 buttons enable you to make the NAM dataport an additional
destination to an existing local SPAN session.
Tab l e 2-3 Active SPAN Sessions Dialog
Column Description
Session ID Monitor session ID of the SPAN.
Note For switches running Cisco IOS software only.
Type Type of SPAN source
Source Source of the SPAN session.
When creating a SPAN session, you can select all ports regardless of their state.
See Table 2-4, Possible SPAN States for a description of the possible SPAN
states.
Note For switches running Cisco IOS software only.
Dest. Port Destination port of the SPAN session.
Direction Direction of the SPAN traffic.
Status Status of the SPAN session:
Active—Traffic at the SPAN source is being copied to the SPAN destination
Inactive—Traffic at the SPAN source will not be copied to the SPAN
destination
Unknown—A mixture of both active and inactive status
Create Create a SPAN session.
Save Saves the current active SPAN session in the running-configuration to the
startup-configuration for switches running Cisco IOS software only.
Add Dest. Port 1 Add NAM Port 1 to the selected SPAN session as a SPAN destination. This
button is labeled Add Dest. Port on the WS-SVC-NAM-1.
Note Does not apply to the NAM appliances.
Add Dest. Port 2 Add NAM Port 2 to the selected SPAN session as a SPAN destination. This
option is not available on the WS-SVC-NAM-1.
Note Does not apply to the NAM appliances.
Edit Edit the selected SPAN session.
Delete Delete the selected SPAN session.
Refresh Click to update the SPAN session information.