Session Monitoring from MDS to Fabric Interconnect

[6506003]

Hi,

I was wondering if it's possible to monitor a SPAN session that's been setup on a Cisco MDS, via a Fabric interconnect. So for example, setup the span session on the Cisco MDS, connect the FC Span port from the MDS to a Fabric Interconnect, then create a SAN traffic monitoring session on the Fabric Interconnect, essentially monitoring traffic from anything coming from the MDS Span port, via the Fabric Interconnect.

Does this make sense?

[Saad Jalees]

Please check the mentioned link. I hope it will help.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/prod_troubleshooting_guide_chapter09186a0080679eb7.html

[padramas]

Hello Alex,

FI's FC port cannot be configured as destination port for the traffic sourced from MDS switch.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/gui/config/guide/2.1/b_UCSM_GUI_Configuration_Guide_2_1_chapter_0101011.html

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Guidelines and Recommendations for Traffic Monitoring

All traffic sources must be located within the same switch as the destination port.

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HTH

Padma