Cisco Systems 5, NAM manual Creating a Span Session, State Description

Chapter 2 Setting Up The NAM Traffic Analyzer

Traffic

Note Deleting or editing a SPAN session that has multiple SPAN destinations will affect all SPAN destinations.

Table 2-4lists the possible SPAN states. The SPAN state displays in parenthesis in the Source - Direction column.

Table 2-4	Possible SPAN States
State		Description
Active		SPAN source is valid and traffic from the source is being copied to the SPAN
		destination
NotInService		SPAN source might be valid, but traffic that appears at the source will not be
		copied to the SPAN destination
NotReady		The SPAN source might be valid, but traffic that appears at the source will not be
		copied to the SPAN destination
CreateAndGo		The SPAN source might be valid, but the SPAN source is being added to the SPAN
		session
CreateAndWait		The SPAN source might be valid, and the SPAN source is being added to the
		SPAN session
Destroy		The SPAN source is being removed from the SPAN session.

Creating a SPAN Session

Note This section applies to WS-SVC-NAM-1 and WS-SVC-NAM-2 devices, and the NAM 2220 and 2204 appliances.

The following procedure shows you how to create a SPAN session on a switch.

Step 1 Choose Setup > Traffic > SPAN Sessions. The SPAN window displays as shown in Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1 SPAN Sessions

User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0

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