Create SPAN

To access this dialog box:

  1. Select Device > Configure > SPAN (Switch Port Analyzer).

  2. With an entry selected, click Create.

From this dialog box, you can create a new entry in portCopyTable.

The following information is displayed:

The following list specifies buttons in this dialog box, as well as their function:


SPAN Type (portCopySessionType)

Indicates the span session type:

If the associated portCopyStatus object is set to "active", then this object cannot be modified.


Data Source

Indicates whether a port or VLAN is the data source.


Source (portCopySource)

Indicates the port number of the source port, with values structured as follows: module/port. For example, the value 3/4 represents the third module on the fourth port.


Destination (portCopyDest)

Indicates the port number of the destination port, with values structured as follows: module/port. For example, the value 3/4 represents the third module on the fourth port.


Direction (portCopyDirection)

Specifies the direction in which traffic is copied from a switch source port for the indicated port copy operation:

The creation and deletion of instances of this object is controlled by portCopyRowStatus. Note that there is no guarantee that changing the value of this object while the value of the associated portCopyRowStatus object is set to "active" will not cause traffic discontinuities in the packet stream.