Cisco Systems NAM, 5 manual Field Description

Chapter 2 Setting Up The NAM Traffic Analyzer

Traffic

Step 2 Click the Create button.

The Create SPAN Session Dialog displays (the fields are described in Table 2-5, Create SPAN Session Dialog). Switch Port is the default for the SPAN Type.

Step 3 Select the appropriate information.

Table 2-5 Create SPAN Session Dialog

Field	Description
Monitor Session	Monitor session of the SPAN.
SPAN Type	•	SwitchPort
	•	VLAN
	•	EtherChannel
	•	RSPAN VLAN
	Note You can have only one RSPAN VLAN source per SPAN
		session.
SPAN Destination Interface	The NAM interface to which you want to send data.
Switch Module List	Lists all modules on the switch other than NAMs and Switch
	Fabric Modules.
SPAN Traffic Direction	•	Rx
	•	Tx
	•	Both
	Note Not applicable to RSPAN VLAN SPAN types.
Available Sources	SPAN sources that are available for the selected SPAN type.
Add	Adds the selected SPAN source.
Remove	Removes the selected SPAN source.
Remove All	Removes all the SPAN sources.
Selected Sources	SPAN sources selected.
Refresh	Causes the NAM to update the switch configuration information with
	current configuration.
Submit	Creates the SPAN configuration; saves the configuration.

Step 4 To create the SPAN session, click Submit. The Active Sessions window displays.

Step 5 To save the current active SPAN session in the running-configuration to the startup-configuration for switches running Cisco IOS software only, click Save in the active SPAN session window.

Note For switches running Cisco IOS software, all pending running-configuration changes will be saved to the startup-configuration.

Step 6 To verify the SPAN session was created and to view the data, go to the Top N charts on the Traffic Analysis dashboard (Monitor > Overview > Traffic Summary).

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

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