[c-nsp] Using one IDSM-2 to monitor traffic from two 6509 switches.

[Andrew Miehs]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Shardul Kerkar <SKerkar at accessline.com>wrote:

> Due to budget constraints I have one IDSM-2 card with IPS 7.0 and valid
> service contract. Initially I was going to install one each in two 6509
> switches with Sup720-3BXL cards.  Can I in theory monitor vlan traffic from
> both switches on one IDSM-2 card installed in one of the switches?  The
> switches are in the same vtp domain.
>


> The VTP domain doesn't make any difference.

The issue is how you "route" your traffic through the card and through the
switches.

Andrew