[c-nsp] SPAN destinations on ME3600/15.3(1)S

Phil Mayers p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk
Sun Dec 2 05:24:11 EST 2012


On 12/02/2012 10:00 AM, Saku Ytti wrote:
> On (2012-12-01 20:28 -0500), Jason Lixfeld wrote:
>
>> That said, PW-RSPAN on the ASR9ks is familiar for us, so PW-RSPAN on ME3600s would be preferable over ERSPAN, given the choice.
>
> Understandable. Why personally I think ERSPAN is best option, is because
> you don't need to configure far-end. I always love when provisioning means
> only touching local end, where you need to enable service.

Yeah, I like erspan a lot. That said, I never use a Cisco to receive it 
- we have a 10G-attached server which we run "gulp" on in ERSPAN-decap mode.


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