is SPAN port not allowed in Nexus FEX Port ?

[lin chang]

Hi

    Customer want me to defined a SPAN port on N2K, it is a fex port. when I configure I got the following statement from the switch.

Is there any way to solve the problem?

n5k-N2K(config-monitor)# destination ?

  interface  Configure interfaces

n5k-N2K(config-monitor)# destination interface eth102/1/18

ERROR: Eth102/1/18: Configuration not allowed on fex interface

N5K VERSION

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Software

  BIOS:      version 1.2.0

  loader:    version N/A

  kickstart: version 4.0(1a)N2(1)

  system:    version 4.0(1a)N2(1)

  BIOS compile time:       06/19/08

  kickstart image file is: bootflash:/n5000-uk9-kickstart.4.0.1a.N2.1.bin

  kickstart compile time:  2/25/2009 0:00:00 [02/25/2009 08:29:12]

  system image file is:    bootflash:/n5000-uk9.4.0.1a.N2.1.bin

  system compile time:     2/25/2009 0:00:00 [02/25/2009 08:56:57]

[Reza Sharifi]

  Hi,

A FEX port cannot be configured as a SPAN destination. Only a switch port can be configured and used as a SPAN destination.

See link below for more info:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/release/notes/Rel_5_1_3_N2_1/Nexus5000_Release_Notes_5_1_3_N2.html

HTH

[lin chang]

Thank you very much