There is a whole lot there in that Topology to get to, but it really just committing to memory the logic of how each switch must be configured appropriately, as for RSPAN you will see the Destination is not that Listener port but rather a Transit VLAN to carry that traffic back to our Listener … Continue reading SPAN / RSPAN – Review of important exam day pointers, full configuration of both to demonstrate gotchas for Exam Day!
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SPAN / VSPAN / RSPAN – Easy to configure, but a whole load of details to remember for exam day!
SPAN and RSPAN (Remote SPAN) are essentially port mirroring or port monitoring, or in even simpler terms they relay all data from their "source" port over to a "destination" port, which will some form of Data Analyzer software on it. Hence the name SPAN (Switch Port Analyzer) / RSPAN (Remote SPAN) / VSPAN (VLAN SPAN), … Continue reading SPAN / VSPAN / RSPAN – Easy to configure, but a whole load of details to remember for exam day!