From: Scott Morris (swm@emanon.com)
Date: Wed Sep 24 2003 - 15:24:09 GMT-3
Nope, according to the documentation is must specifically be a port that
is otherwise unused - nothing plugged into it. I believe it renders the
port in an unusable state, although I haven't ever tried specifying one
already in use. :)
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Alvarez, Rolando [NCSUS] [mailto:RAlvare5@NCSUS.JNJ.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 2:02 PM
To: 'swm@emanon.com'; Alvarez, Rolando [NCSUS]; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Question on RSPAN
Scott,
Thank you very much for your reply. Now it makes a little more sense.
One more question, could the reflector port be any port, even a port
that may not be up?
Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Morris [mailto:swm@emanon.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 1:45 PM
To: 'Alvarez, Rolando [NCSUS]'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Question on RSPAN
The reflector port is really just used for its ASICs in order to speed
things up. Otherwise the reencapsulation would all have to be done in
software and that would kinda suck.
It is not optional. The reflector port is required for RSPAN.
As for the 6500, I believe it has to do with the way the ASICs work, or
where they work. I'm not a hardware engineer though, so perhaps someone
else can better answer that portion for you. (Magic, just FM)
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713,
CISSP, JNCIS, et al.
IPExpert CCIE Program Manager
IPExpert Sr. Technical Instructor
swm@emanon.com/smorris@ipexpert.net
http://www.ipexpert.net
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Alvarez, Rolando [NCSUS]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 11:59 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Question on RSPAN
Hello group,
I am having a hard time understanding what the 'reflector-port' is and
why it is used on 3550s when configuring RSPAN (is it optional, or
required), and why it is not needed or used on 6500s when creating an
RSPAN session.
Hope someone has the answer to this.
Thanks,
Rolando
***Get your CCIE and a FREE vacation: Shop.GroupStudy.com***
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Wed Oct 01 2003 - 07:24:35 GMT-3