[c-nsp] Receiving out of order packets in SPAN session on Catalyst 3750X

Phil Mayers p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk
Thu Mar 19 11:06:25 EDT 2015


On 19/03/15 12:40, Chris Marget wrote:
> I've seen enough oddball discrepancies on port mirror functions of various
> platforms (including Cat3K) over the years to conclude that SPAN et al. are
> adequate for diagnosing application issues, but not for performance issues.
>
> Non-aggregator taps are the best way to approach those problems which
> require investigation into sub-millisecond timing issues, packet loss,
> performance, etc...

FWIW I'd tend to agree.


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