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7.4.9 Switch port analyzer
The Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides a feature called the switch port analyzer.
As mentioned in 7.4.2, “Supported port types” on page 232, the SPAN or
SD_Ports enables you to monitor network traffic through the Fibre Channel
interface.
Traffic through any Fibre Channel interface can be replicated to a special port
called the
SPAN destination port. Any Fibre Channel port in a switch can be
configured as an SD_Port. When an interface is in SD_Port mode, it cannot be
used for normal data traffic. You can attach a Fibre Channel analyzer to the
SD_Port to monitor SPAN traffic. ...