SPAN Management
Switch port Analyzer (SPAN) is an efficient and high performance traffic monitoring system. It duplicates the network traffic and routes the packets to an the analyzer for monitoring. SPAN is used for troubleshooting connectivity issues and calculating network utilization, and performance monitoring.You can add, edit, remove, and rediscover a device to SPAN using NDB.
Adding a Device to SPAN
Complete these steps to add a device to Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN).
Note |
Starting with Cisco NDB release 3.8, you can add multiple APIC in NDB. |
Procedure
Step 1 |
Navigate to tab. |
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Step 2 |
Click Add Device, the Connect to Devices dialog box appears. |
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Step 3 |
Select ACI option to add a new APIC device to SPAN. To add a new NX-OS based device, select the NXOS option. |
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Step 4 |
In the Connect to Devices dialog box, enter the following details:
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Step 5 |
Click Connectto add the new device to SPAN. The new device is listed under the SPAN MANAGEMENT tab. |
Editing a SPAN Device
Complete these steps to edit details of a SPAN device:
Procedure
Step 1 |
Navigate to tab . |
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Step 2 |
Click Edit for a device to edit device details. The Edit Device dialog box appears. You can update the following details for a device:
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Step 3 |
Click Edit Device to apply the updated information and close the Edit Device dialog box. |
Rediscovering a SPAN Device
You can rediscover a device after updating device details using the Rediscover Devices feature. To rediscover a device, complete these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 |
Navigate to tab. |
Step 2 |
Select a device to rediscover from the list of devices under the SPAN MANAGEMENT tab. |
Step 3 |
Click Rediscover Devices, the Rediscover Devices dialog box appears. |
Step 4 |
Verify the selected device for rediscorvering and click Rediscover Device. |
Step 5 |
Click Yes in the dialog box to complete the rediscovery process. |
Removing a Device from SPAN
You can remove a device from SPAN while retaining its configuration or you can remove a device from SPAN and delete all the corresponding device configuration from a SPAN. Complete these steps to remove a device from SPAN.
Procedure
Step 1 |
Navigate to tab. |
Step 2 |
From the list of devices under the SPAN MANAGEMENT tab, select the device(s) to remove. |
Step 3 |
Click Remove Devices. The Remove Devices dialog box appears. |
Step 4 |
Verify the selected device(s) in the Remove Devices dialog box and click either of the two options:
The device is removed from the SPAN MANAGEMENT tab. |