ERSPAN – My New Favorite Packet Capturing Trick

When I first looked at the documentation for ERSPAN I could imagine some uses for it. In some cases it could replace RSPAN, but since it’s only available on Cisco Nexus switches, newer Catalyst 6500s, Cisco ASR routers, and other “high end” devices, I determined that it really had limited uses. But I was wrong. […]

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Gary Sckolnick

Gary is a Senior Network Engineer at a large academic medical center. Gary has over 17 years of networking and IT experience primarily in healthcare, manufacturing, and as a networking consultant both in Europe and in the U.S. Although a networking jack-of-all-trades, Gary’s primary focus is data center networking and network security. Gary blogs periodically at PacketPushers.net.

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