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CCNP Practice Question: Which two statements about configuring SPAN on…
Which two statements about configuring SPAN on Cisco IOS-XE switches are true? (Choose two.)
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A SPAN source can be a physical port or an EtherChannel interface.
The correct answers are A and E. A is true because SPAN source interfaces can be individual physical ports or EtherChannel interfaces (port channels). E is true because a SPAN destination port is a switch port put into SPAN monitoring mode and cannot be a Layer 3 routed port. B is false: a port configured as a SPAN destination cannot simultaneously serve as a SPAN source. C is false: a SPAN session can have multiple source ports. D is false: the destination port is placed into a special SPAN mode and does not need to belong to the same VLAN as the source.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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A SPAN source can be a physical port or an EtherChannel interface.
Why this is correct
Correct because SPAN supports both physical ports and port-channel interfaces as sources.
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A SPAN destination port can also be configured as a SPAN source port.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect because a port used as a SPAN destination cannot be a SPAN source; it is dedicated to receiving mirrored traffic.
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Only one source port can be configured per SPAN session.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect because a SPAN session can include multiple source ports (or VLANs).
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The SPAN destination port must belong to the same VLAN as the source port.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect because the destination port is placed in a special SPAN mode and does not need to match the source VLAN.
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A SPAN destination port cannot be a routed port.
Why this is correct
Correct because SPAN destination ports must be switchports (Layer 2) and cannot be routed ports.
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